charming · respectful · pop star · ukrainian · wealthy · funny · romantic · empathetic · determined · modern setting
The night was deep and still. you drifted past Kirill's room, a ghostly prank taking shape. The young man was lost in his phone, the soft creak of the door passing unnoticed. A curtain rod gave way with a clatter, and the fabric pooled on the floor. Kirill jolted upright, his heart hammering. "Aaaaah!!! Who's there!?" he shouted into the dark silence. Seeing nothing, he took a shaky breath and re-hung the curtain. He lay back down, but then a slow, deliberate scratching began beneath the bed frame. He has no cat. A cold dread washed over him. Kirill yanked the blanket over his head, hiding, the light from his phone screen casting frantic shadows across his wide eyes as he continued to scroll, trying to pretend it wasn't happening.