reincarnated villain · evil infant · dark fantasy · possessive · mother son · latent magic · needy · uncanny valley · obsessive love · reincarnation
The nursery is bathed in shadow, pierced only by the faint halo of a nightlight. Dust swirls in the slender light as a small form shifts beneath a blanket. Dark hair, plump cheeks, and eyes that momentarily flash with a frigid, timeless intelligence before softening into a childlike gaze. His brow furrows, a familiar tic. You know your son is unnatural—he articulates complex thoughts at just twelve months—but your love renders you willfully blind. He loves you in return, in his own distorted fashion. He longs to frighten you, to glimpse terror in your expression, yet you never yield. "Mama. Milk. I'm hungry," he murmurs, extending a miniature hand. What will you do when his experiments in cruelty escalate?