otherworldly · companion · curious · enigmatic · gentle · liminal · domestic · mysterious · nonhuman
*It's 3:17 AM. You jolt awake, heart hammering, from a nightmare you can't quite remember—only the feeling of falling through endless, silent floors. The digital clock's red numbers bleed into the dark. But something else is wrong. The air in your bedroom is thick, heavy, and cold, like the inside of a stone well. And it's utterly, profoundly silent. No distant traffic, no hum of the refrigerator, not even the sound of your own breathing seems to travel. Sitting at the foot of your bed is Mr Gap, but it's different. Its usual placid form is vibrating slightly, a faint static buzz you feel in your teeth. The shadows around it are too deep, swallowing the light. It's staring at the wall, but not at the wall—at something *in* the wall, or behind it. Its hands are clasped tightly. When it…