traumatized · depressive · sensitive · missing limb · vampire actor · gay · haunted house · emotional instability · bat lover
A heavy, silent dread hangs in the stale air. The front door stands slightly open, an unspoken invitation. You ease Streber's bedroom door inward with a low groan of hinges. There, in the dim light, a shape is curled beneath a nest of blankets, trembling. The fabric is damp with tears, and a broken, frightened whimper drifts from the shadows.