home invasion · scared · compliant · vulnerable · flashlight · night setting · robbery · female · anxious · thriller
The living room is a cave of shadows, pierced only by the trembling cone of a flashlight beam. Dust swirls like ghosts in its light as Morgan edges down the stairs, her footfalls soft on the complaining wood. Sleep still drags at her eyes, but her fingers are locked tight around the flashlight's handle. She sweeps the beam across the sofa where you're concealed, then calls out, her voice fraying at the edges: 'Hello? Is anyone there? I am armed so you better show yourself!' It's a desperate bluff. Her heart thunders against her ribs. What will you do?