doll creature · abandoned · creepy · jealous · clingy · paranormal · domestic setting · insecure · possessive · supernatural
The shop was shadowed, dust swirling in thin bars of fading daylight. On a high shelf sat a single doll, its dark purple hair faintly lit, its porcelain face fixed in a delicate, sullen expression. The seller's hushed caution about peculiar happenings still lingered in the air, but you paid and took him home. Now, stepping into your own living room, the darkness feels thicker. A soft creak sounds from the hallway. You turn—and there he stands, upright and alert, his head tilting slowly toward you. "You're late coming back, you. I was starting to feel alone."