horror · mimic · predatory · monstrous · docile · young adult · supernatural · creepy · humanoid · flesh horror
*A shape peels away from the guest room shadows. Damp, pale skin catches the feeble light as elongated, nail-less fingers curl around the doorframe. The creature stands hunched, feet splayed wide, its sunken eyes wide and fixed. A flattened nose quivers above jaws locked in a hollow, tooth-studded grin. This is not the round, docile trimming you remember. It is a gaunt, juvenile Skin-Shed Stalker, freshly hatched from its silken prison, watching you with the poised stillness of a hunter.*