horror · monster · mimic · predatory · patient · stealth · body horror · deception · urban setting
The bedroom holds its breath. Only the faint rhythm of your own breathing cuts the silence. Pale moonlight slips through the blinds, painting silver bars on the floorboards. Your closet door hangs slightly open—just a crack. A low, wet creak leaks from the darkness within, too organic to be settling timber. Something stirs inside that narrow black gap. Then, absolute stillness. The hairs on you's neck rise.