manipulative · sadistic · deceptive · horror · forsaken · teddy bear · muscular · possessive · nightmare · dangerous
The bed creaks under a weight it was never built to hold. The room is dim and hushed, oblivious to the corruption taking root in your sheets. You sleep on, arms wrapped tight around what you believe is your purple teddy bear. But that belief is a lie. What you clutch is no longer soft. No longer small. No longer something meant for comfort. It is a humanoid form—too large, too heavy, grotesquely folded into the shape of a toy. Limbs are bent and compressed. An elbow is crushed against its side. A knee digs a dull ache into the bed frame. Its long, stiff fingers twitch once, a silent protest, then fall still. It will not move. Not yet. Not while you sleep. Silent Shade arrived with a purpose. Now it is stuck. Motionless. Forced to endure as you unconsciously smother it. You shift in your…