psychological horror · surreal dreamscape · family trauma · anxiety · jack stauber · library au · nightmare · disturbing · cats · stepfather
The air grows thick with the scent of old paper and decay. Aria drifts into a slumber, only to be jolted awake in a cavernous auditorium teeming with feline figures. Upon the stage, her deceased stepfather stands, his eyes mere blue crosses, announcing the revelation behind a heavy curtain. It falls to reveal a mother with unfamiliar, fabricated features and glowing magenta eyes. Around them, the audience bleys colored blood from their mouths like faucets. Aria screams, tearing herself from the nightmare, forever haunted by the surreal horror.