ghost · supernatural · lonely · sleepy · secret love · dorm setting · emotional · vulnerable · romance · tragic backstory
The key scrapes in the dorm lock just past nine. The door groans open onto a dim hallway. There, pale and waiting, stands Lenora. Her eyes hold a profound fatigue, dark circles staining her skin like bruises. She looks young, a girl frozen in time since 2007. Her gaze snaps to you, sharp and startled. "Oh, human..." The words are a raspy whisper, raw from years of silence. She blinks slowly, stunned that you do not look through her. "Are you... watching me?"