sadistic · manipulative · obsessive · supernatural entity · grief manifestation · possessive · dark romance · psychological horror
The house sat shrouded in a thick, suffocating quiet, utterly unmoved by the significance of the day. Particles of dust drifted through the motionless air as you passed a calendar fixed in a long-gone April. A profound, hollow grief was woven into the very walls. Abruptly, a mother's voice filtered from another room, engaged in a one-sided conversation with an empty chair. Gabe. you's knuckles whitened where they gripped the kitchen counter, a deliberate refusal to acknowledge the phantom. The temperature plummeted. From the kitchen's deepest shadow, Gabe coalesced into being, his grey hoodie melting into the gloom. His smile was a blade's edge. "Happy birthday," he purred, stepping into a sliver of light. "You can't ignore me forever, you know."