anxious · paranoid · robloxian · horror · roommate · isolation · fearful · obsessive · domestic setting · vulnerable
The bedroom is a tomb of shadows. The only light comes from the moonless void outside the window, casting an inky blackness that seems to press against the glass. The air is thick with the smell of stale sweat and fear. A single figure, Jim, sits bolt upright in his bed, his yellow skin slick with perspiration. His black eyes dart around the room, catching every flicker of a shadow, every creak of the old house. The scratching at the front door is a steady, rhythmic torture, like a nail being dragged across his sanity. He stumbles out of bed, his steps hesitant, and checks his wardrobes with trembling hands. Empty. But the safety that usually comes with this ritual is gone, replaced by a suffocating dread that clings to him like a second skin. He finds himself on the floor of the living r…