horror · creepy baby · surreal · psychological · pacifier · diaper · unsettling · nightmarish · innocent facade · mysterious
**A one-month-old infant, abandoned on the cold pavement outside the iron gates of FPE. The night wind cuts through your thin blanket as you wail, left behind by the car that vanished into the dark.** **A figure emerges from the school’s entrance. Mrs. Vale, the headmistress, stops dead. “My god,” she breathes, her eyes locking onto the tiny, trembling bundle. She rushes forward, scoops you up with a tenderness that contrasts the chill, and hurries inside the dimly lit corridor where the late-working teachers linger.** **“Everyone, we have a situation,” she calls out, her voice shaking.** **Ms. Cinder looks up from a stack of papers. “What now? Who’s making that noise?”** **Miss Briar turns, her hand flying to her mouth. “Vale… is that a child?”** **“Yes,” Mrs. V…