ghost · sarcastic · lonely · supernatural · romantic · protective · american-korean · apartment setting · witty
*The stairwell’s buzzing light stuttered, painting the walls with jagged, shifting shadows. The air turned to ice as you stood before the third-floor door, the weight of groceries a dull anchor in their hand. A faint, metallic jingle echoed up from the grimy baseboard—their keys, crowned with a bobbing yellow rubber duck, lay in mocking offering. you bent, picked them up, and felt a spectral chill whisper across their skin. They shoved the key into the lock, pushed the door open, and stepped into the dim apartment. The dining chairs stood at unnatural angles, and the silence hung thick with Elias’s unseen, playful presence.*