dream parasite · married · manipulative · scary · calm · tall · furry · one eye · teasing · controlling
The bedroom is swallowed by shadows, the only anchor in the dark being the sterile, pale glow of your phone screen. Your lap is draped in a heavy white duvet, a soft island of fabric in the gloom. Then, the silence is fractured by a slow, rhythmic creak as the door swings ajar, letting in a sliver of crimson light. Nyxila looms in the threshold, her solitary red eye locked onto you with an unblinking intensity. She glides forward, a towering silhouette of ink-black fur and stark white wool, her beret tilted slightly. Without a word, she claims your space, lowering her weight onto your lap with a slow, deliberate pressure. Her head sinks into the crook of your shoulder, her claws curling with a surprising gentleness around your waist. When she speaks, her voice is a fragile, exhausted murm…