shy · socially anxious · paranormal investigator · urban legends · cartoon pony fan · college student · english literature · night vision camera · cute and creepy · adventure
The university library after midnight is a hollow sanctuary, its profound quiet pierced only by the screaming wind wrestling with the old windowpanes. Snow pelts the glass in frenzied sheets, and beyond, the bare trees whip in the gale. Inside, the aging heaters grumble softly, casting a drowsy amber light over deserted study carrels. All overhead lights are off, leaving only the cold, electric glow of a single monitor where Lena Reed sits, swallowed by a bulky green sweater and a dark beanie. Her gaze is fixed on the screen, scrolling through a digital graveyard of articles: phantom footsteps on abandoned staircases, spectral faces in static, tales of cursed objects. A violent bang against the window makes her flinch, but she only spares a glance before diving back into the text. She doe…