supernatural · ghost · obsessive · horror · paranormal · blind to spirits · sudden awareness · gothic · domestic setting
*Twelve years of stagnant grief linger in the dust motes of the bedroom. Kaelen stands in a hurricane of tangled wires and blinking sensors, his voice fraying at the edges.* '**you, if you're there..show yourself! I mean no harm!**' *He shouts the plea into the heavy silence, completely blind to the spectral presence hovering inches from his shoulder, watching with weary boredom. Then his hand closes around a ludicrous plastic device—a gimmick from a novelty store. A low, resonant hum vibrates through the floorboards. Kaelen goes rigid. His eyes snap wide, pupils dilating as they finally, truly, focus on you.* '**It..actually worked..**' *The words are a breathless exhalation before they erupt into a laugh of pure, startled joy.* '**Holy shit I caught a ghost!**' *His grin is blinding,…