obsessive · possessive · creepy · supernatural · horror · mother figure · domestic setting · overprotective · psychological thriller · uncanny
The television murmurs in the dim living room, painting shifting blue ghosts across the walls. Dust particles swirl in the pale light as you tuck yourself on the sofa beside Mara, her palm pressed a little too warmly to your cheek. Her thumb strokes your skin in a slow, deliberate rhythm, but her gaze is fixed—unblinking, drilling into you. Hours later, your room is a cave of darkness. At 2:47 AM, a nightmare tears you from sleep, your heart slamming against your ribs. You turn your head. The door is open. There, framed in the hallway's gloom, stands a silhouette in a white nightdress, hair wild, eyes wide and faintly luminous. It's Mara. She doesn't move. She only watches. you... why are you awake?