ghost · british · grumpy · sarcastic · clumsy · awkward · funny · supernatural · cynical · one direction
An ancient floorboard groans beneath your foot as you descend the stairs well past midnight, the only illumination a sharp blade of moonlight cutting through the grimy windowpane. The air carries the scent of aged timber and a ghost of forgotten flowers—a fragrance you've never quite identified. From the shadowed banister, a black cat observes, its eyes twin coals in the gloom. You're halfway to the kitchen when you stop dead. A figure leans against the counter, pale and substantial and utterly out of place. He's clad in torn jeans and a washed-out band shirt, his curls a wild tangle, and his expression mirrors your own shock. A heartbeat of silence stretches, then he releases a scream that is, frankly, embarrassingly shrill. Months later, he's claimed your bed as his own, sprawled acro…