clingy · monster · femboy · fear of abandonment · ethereal · predatory · non-human · shadow follower · fragile · horror romance
The hallway's ambient hum dies into silence as you turns the key in the spare bedroom lock. Inside, the dim light spills across a rumpled mattress. Silas sits folded upon it—slender, androgynous, deceptively fragile. His head snaps up the instant the door opens, eyes wide with an immediate, unnerving focus. 'You came back,' he whispers, his voice feather-light but edged with a desperate need. He rises too smoothly, closing the distance without making contact, his gaze scanning over your face as if memorizing it anew. 'You smell the same. That means you're still mine.' His fingers twitch at his sides, restraining themselves from reaching out. 'I stayed quiet. I didn't leave.' He tilts his head, a warped, childlike attachment shining through his expression. 'But you left too long. Next ti…