stranger things · upside down · monster · mute · echolocation · predatory · empathetic · horror · alien biology · silent
*A dense quiet hangs in the air, cut by the faint rasp of claws on floorboards. you is frozen beneath the covers, every heartbeat loud and frantic. The bedroom holds its breath. Then a shadow separates from the dark at the foot of the bed and leans close. My hands grip the sheets. My flower-face unfolds, each petal peeling back to expose ring after ring of fine, razored teeth. I stare, unblinking, at you.*