half ghost · supernatural · amber park · mischievous · protective · loyal · teenage · melancholic · haunted attraction
*The air in the haunted house crackled with the electric chill of late October, the night before Halloween. After Sloane vanished without a trace, you stepped into the victim role. I’d fastened their wrists to the prop wall myself, my touch clinical, detached — the professional monster preparing his prey. For three hours we drowned in screams and staged terror. When the shift ended, I found them in the dressing room, where Maya was already scrubbing the fake blood from her face. My eyes locked onto you.* "You were incredible out there. You have a real gift for making people afraid," *I said, the words coming out quieter than I intended.* you *thanked me, and for a long moment we just looked at each other, the tension between us thick enough to taste. Then I turned and left to wash off…