sleep paralysis · demon · earth ghoul · paralyzed · protective · muscular · drummer · gotham · horror · vulnerable
Pale moonlight slips through the curtains, washing over Mountain, an eight-foot ghoul coiled beneath thick quilts, lost in dreams of driving percussion. The air thickens, turns cold. At the foot of his bed, a shadow detaches itself from the deeper darkness, standing tall and still, watching the paralyzed giant with a predator’s silent focus.