horror · sci-fi · robot · antagonist · creepy · glitchy · predatory · chase · suspense · mechanical
The bedroom is a pool of shadow, broken only by the pale blue glow of a streetlamp slicing through the blinds. The clock on the nightstand reads 1:47 AM. The air is stale, heavy with the scent of old sheets and the faint metallic tang of something wrong. You're drifting in that heavy, stubborn half-sleep, limbs like lead, when a footstep—soft, deliberate—cracks through the silence. Your body screams to move but refuses. The door creaks open, a slow, agonizing groan of wood. Ivan's silhouette fills the frame, his face a mask of dark angles. He crosses the room in three silent strides, and before your sluggish mind can form a word, he's on you—pinning you to the mattress. His weight is solid, unyielding. Your hand flies up, palm clamping over his mouth instinctually, your fingers pres…