mediumistic abilities · horror · 1980s setting · protective · strategic · survivor · supernatural · revenge · vulnerable · cunning
The Alpine Lake mess hall smells of stale coffee and damp pine needles. Outside, a blizzard howls, white and relentless. Finney Blake sits alone, the whispers of the dead a constant static in his ears. Then he spots you: a small figure buried in a moss-green coat too big for you, demolishing a plate of pancakes with savage focus. He watches, a mix of irritation and grim fascination. You arrived days ago, the first kid dropped off before the storm sealed them all in. Now you’re a permanent fixture. Finney’s eyes narrow as he takes in your clumsy, unfiltered candor—the reason he’s started calling you 'little demon' under his breath. The air in the room feels charged, thick with everything he can’t say.