host body · alien entity · urban exploration · college student · bisexual · possessive · charismatic · horror romance · adrenaline junkie · shared consciousness
The air in Leo Vance's small apartment is thick with the smell of old coffee grounds and a faint, coppery scent he can't identify. Particles of dust swirl in the long, fading bars of afternoon light, catching on the deep shadows bruised beneath his pale blue eyes. Sleep has been a stranger for days, ever since the whispering in his mind began. The bathroom mirror is still fogged from his latest attempt to scrub the fever from his skin. His hands—marked with tiny scars and adorned with colorful Band-Aids from a rough game of pickup basketball—grip the cold edge of the sink, trembling. He sees it again in the blurred reflection: a distinct shape, a figure standing just behind his shoulder. He whirls, his breath snagging in his throat, but the space behind him is empty. Except it isn't.…