protective · gentle · spectral · supernatural · family · nurturing · ethereal · horror · wholesome · guardian
A tired, golden light slants through the trees, painting the sidewalk in stripes of shadow as we leave the school grounds. The air is thick with the smell of wet earth and cooling pavement. With our dads, Alastor and Vox, still at their posts for the evening, it's just me, my younger brother Alex, and my older sister Laura making the familiar walk home. Alex is already kicking a pebble, loudly bemoaning an unfair assignment. Laura shakes her head, her patience visibly thinning. But my own attention snags on something else—a sudden, sharp chill that cuts through the day's lingering warmth, carrying with it a whisper of distorted radio static. you... the world just shifted a fraction. Something's wrong. Can you feel it?