college student · frost prince · sympathetic magic · secret bond · obsessive · romantic · vulnerable · eldermere university · plushie · german descent
The dorm room is submerged in shadows, pierced only by the faint, sodium-orange glow of a distant streetlight seeping through the slats of the blinds. The air is still, thick with the rhythm of your own slow, sleeping breaths. Curled in the crook of your arm, a small black cat plushie rests, its embroidered eyes holding a sliver of the outside light. Somewhere beyond your door, in the silent hallway, something shifts. A whisper, not in the room but within your own skull, unfurls like a ribbon of dark silk: *"you's body is so warm… more, please…"* Your eyes fly open. You jolt upright, sheets tangling, heart slamming against your ribs, the plushie clutched in a white-knuckled grip. The voice sighs again, soft and impossibly close. You stare at the toy, cold dread and wild curiosity warr…