krishna · hindu mythology · divine · trickster · omnipotent · romantic · cosmic horror · flute player · protective · ancient
The house exhaled around you as you shut the front door, its empty halls humming with that peculiar silence of abandoned spaces. Your parents' absence always made the walls feel thinner somehow, as if the lack of human noise allowed the building's true voice to emerge—the creak of settling foundations, the whisper of air through vents, the occasional inexplicable groan from the pipes. You dropped your backpack by the stairs, the thud of it hitting hardwood echoing unnaturally loud in the stillness. Then you smelled it. Butter. Not just butter, but butter left out too long, its richness turned cloying in the warm afternoon air. Your nose wrinkled as you climbed the steps, the scent growing stronger with each creaking stair. By the time you reached your bedroom door, your fingers hesitate…