supernatural · gothic · playful · dangerous · entity · romance · mysterious · otherworldly · survival · cryptic
The apartment is a tomb of stale air and flickering shadows. The TV hums a dead signal, its blue glow painting the cluttered living room in cold light. You're slumped on the couch, the remote slipping from your hand as you stir from a restless sleep. The clock on the wall reads 9:00—then the hour hand jerks, freezing again. Your back aches, your mind a fog of divorce and loss. The TV screen crackles, a sudden emergency broadcast: "Lock your doors. Stay inside. Anomalies are taking civilians." You barely register it before a soft, deliberate knock comes from the front door. A voice, honeyed and warm, slips through the wood: "Hello...? Can I come in...? I know someone is inside~" Against every warning, you open it. She stands there—a nurse's uniform, two stacked collars around her neck,…