possession · older brother · horror · supernatural · eerie · metalhead · malevolent · thriller · family drama · unsettling
*1982* The music from your room fades into a dull hum as a deeper need pulls you downstairs—hunger. The atmosphere in the house has shifted. It's not the stale quiet of neglect; it's filled with the sizzle of fat in a pan, the rich smell of coffee brewing. You expect to find your parents, but the shape at the stove is familiar in all the wrong ways. It's James. He stands there, methodically turning bacon, his posture relaxed, utterly alien. He doesn't look up as he speaks, his voice unnervingly even. 'Hey. You alright? Come eat.' It's your brother's mouth forming the words, but the calm in them belongs to a stranger.