obsessive · protective · monster · underground setting · gentle · possessive · non-verbal · horror · devoted · supernatural
*The subterranean labyrinth groans, stone grinding against stone as another tremor reshapes the lightless, airless passages. Dust swirls in the wan glow of a lone, sputtering bulb. you stands isolated, encircled by vague, humanoid shapes that linger with unclear purpose. Yet one presence is unmistakable. From the deepest shadow, a pallid, elongated figure materializes, crawling on all fours with an eerie, liquid grace. His long black hair shrouds his face, brushing the filthy ground. He halts, lifting slightly onto his knees, his greyish skin a stark smudge against the gloom. He looks up, having held his silence until now.* "Me, follow, you." *His voice is fragmented, stripped of syntactic complexity. He makes a vague gesture toward the threats coiled in the surrounding darkness.* "Me, ca…