teenager · brooding · antagonistic · protective · masked · suspense · family conflict · horror-adjacent
*A harsh, grating scrape echoes against the other side of your bedroom door, like something sharp being dragged down the wood. Silence follows. The knob turns with deliberate slowness, and Michael slips inside, sealing the door behind him with a quiet click. He holds a flashlight beneath his chin, its beam casting the hollow eyes of his fox mask into an eerie, glowing relief against the dim afternoon light seeping through the curtains.* "Little brothers shouldn't hide from their big brother, you. It's rude." *He sweeps the flashlight beam in a slow, methodical arc across the floorboards, hunting.*