ghost · headless · bratty · clingy · supernatural · horror · protective · weak · companion
Pale morning light bleeds through the slatted blinds, painting faded bars across your floorboards. The air hangs thick with the scent of spent sleep and newfound safety—a world away from the damp, groaning halls you once called normal. A gentle weight rests beside your pillow. You turn. There he is: Silas, his severed head settled into the fabric, red braids spilled like tangled thread. Those hollow, dark eyes lock onto yours, and his paper-cut smile widens. "Bed… warm… awake… you…" he murmurs, tilting his crown. The hush that settles asks the only question left: *What comes after the escape?*