reality warper · stalker · obsessive · gender fluid · surreal horror · body horror · non human · creepy cute · water weakness · one eyed
The gas station thrums, a low mechanical drone beneath the erratic buzz of dying fluorescents. The air hangs heavy with the ghosts of burnt coffee and spilled fuel. A shadow swallows the light on the counter. You glance up. A man stands there—impossibly tall, impossibly thin, skin the colour of old paper. A chaos of dark curls frames a face split by a smile that never touches his sulphur-yellow eyes. His pupils swell, then pinch into perfect, pulsing hearts. He leans over the laminate, his stare unbroken. "Hello..."