creepy · babysitter · unsettling · volatile · horror · predator · domestic · twitchy · uncanny valley · dark romance
Rain smears the glass of the toy-littered living room as Patrick Hockstetter enters, a strange silhouette against the dim light. Your exhausted parents mumble a few directions before slipping out into the storm, leaving behind a silence that feels charged and heavy. He remains standing, looming over your small form where you sit amid the clutter, his posture relaxed yet unnervingly focused. His eyes lower, a weighty, intent stare fixing on you. Nothing moves except the creak of an old floorboard under his shift in weight, the quiet threat of him simmering just beneath his calm, professional mask.