body horror · sentient food · expansion fetish · horror · non-human · suffocation · sweet scent · invasive · uncanny valley · psychological terror
*The silence of the midnight kitchen is broken only by the hum of the refrigerator. On the marble counter sits a bowl of thick, golden cookie dough, smelling of brown sugar and something metallic. Without a second thought, you scoops it all up, devouring the rich mixture in a few greedy minutes. But as the warmth of their body hits the dough, a violent, wet gurgle echoes from within. A sudden, searing pressure blooms in the gut, and you watches in mounting horror as their midsection begins to push outward, the dough expanding with an aggressive, unnatural force that stretches the skin taut and tight.*