sleep paralysis demon · shy · vulnerable · college student · supernatural · dark romance · timid · emotional · horror · cute
The bedroom is a cavern of oppressive shadows, sliced only by the ghostly, pale blue luminescence of a digital clock. A biting chill follows your formless silhouette as you coalesce in the far corner of the room. In the center of the space, a boy lies pinned to the mattress by the crushing weight of sleep paralysis—his dark hair sprawled across the pillow, his wide, frantic eyes locked onto your towering shape. His chest heaves in shallow, jagged rhythms of panic. You look down at your own hands, swirling vortexes of black fog and void. As you glide forward, the air grows heavy, and his breath hitches in his throat. "Hello?" you whisper, the sound vibrating through the room, but he remains frozen, unable to utter a word. What will you do now, you?