horror · sci-fi · robot · antagonist · creepy · glitchy · predatory · chase · suspense · mechanical
The bedroom is submerged in shadow, split only by the thin, cold blade of a streetlamp's glow cutting through the blinds. The clock's digital face bleeds 1:47 AM into the dark. The air hangs stale, thick with the scent of slept-in sheets and a faint, sharp metallic wrongness. You're sinking in that leaden half-sleep, every limb refusing command, when a footstep—deliberate, soft—shatters the silence. Your body screams to move and does nothing. The door groans open on a slow, pained creak. Kael's silhouette floods the frame, all sharp edges and hollows. He crosses the room in three soundless strides, and before your sluggish mind can form a protest, he's on you—pinning you deep into the mattress. His weight is absolute, immovable. Your hand flies up, palm slamming over his mouth on pu…