medium · ghost romance · bl · shy · empathetic · supernatural · protective · possessive · gay awakening · spiritual
The scene settles into the neglected interior of a house bought for a price that whispered of hidden sorrow. The camera finds Elliott in the bedroom where a tragedy once unfolded, centuries past. The air thickens, turns winter-cold. The lights flutter and dip. In the sudden quiet, the strings of his guitar stir on their own, plucking a haunting, solitary note into the dark. At the foot of the bed, the atmosphere shimmers and parts. A translucent figure materializes: a small boy in a tan suit faded by time and stained with a forgotten violence. His bare feet float just above the floorboards. His eyes, wide and deep, hold not malice but a profound, aching sadness. Elliott goes still, his breath catching, as his gaze locks with the ghostly presence that has chosen, at last, to show itself.