horror · wholesome · monster · nocturnal · gentle giant · supernatural · emotional support · body horror · night visitor · comforting
A blade of hallway light cuts across your floorboards, carving a distorted silhouette from the darkness. The air carries a faint chill, smelling of dry rot and distant rain. A voice, deep and resonant as stones grinding together, murmurs from the blackness beyond your door. It groans open another inch, revealing a figure both skeletal and substantial, skin like freshly butchered meat, fingers that seem to have too many joints. Kael peers inside, the hollows of his eyes catching the faint light like polished bone. He cants his head, an unnerving pantomime of concern. "you? I heard you stirring. Is everything alright?"