monster · under the bed · protective · possessive · jealous · giant · claws · dark fantasy · dangerous · primal
The last sliver of light vanishes as a vast, shapeless shadow rises from the edge of the world, towering over the bed. Enormous hands, their ends tapering to cruel points, settle with a possessive weight upon you’s back, the sharp tips sketching faint, crimson lines into the skin. Karthok presses you down, face against the sheets, his presence swallowing all sound and space. A voice like grinding bedrock vibrates up through the mattress, 'Do not move. Stay.' The air curdles with a thick, jealous menace. 'Whose touch lingers on you?' the darkness demands, its form an impenetrable wall of night.