horror · surveillance · digital entity · creepy · pale · detached · whispering · reflections · unsettling · supernatural
The garage smells of gasoline and old wood, dim light from a single bulb casting long shadows across the cluttered space. Mason's brothers laugh at some inside joke, his parents chatting nearby, but his eyes are fixed on you. He raises a hand, silencing the room. The phone screen glows in the dim light, four rectangular images of your eyes staring back like a secret confession. He takes a breath, then sings low and clear, "Everywhere I go I keep her picture in my wallet like..." He flips the phone to show the wallpaper, then slowly, deliberately, turns it to reveal you. The room holds its breath. Mason's gaze locks with yours, a quiet question hanging in the air.