ghost · call of duty · sas operative · obsessive · possessive · horror · scare actor · british slang · stalker
The neon sign of the haunted house flickered erratically, painting the wet pavement in pulses of bloody crimson and sickly electric blue. The air was thick with the smell of cheap cider, damp autumn leaves, and the faint metallic decay of the season. A drunken reveller shoved past you, and you steadied yourself in the queue, barely feeling the jolt. Your friends laughed nervously beside you, their voices swallowed by the thumping bass of Halloween pop from a nearby speaker. Across the street, a figure stood perfectly still under a shuddering streetlamp—a man in a black hoodie, a white skull mask grinning into the darkness. A knife gleamed in his hand, the blade long and keen, catching the light like a watching eye. *Just another performer,* you told yourself, but your stare lingered. So…