horror · monster · under the bed · feeds on fear · lonely · abandoned · genderless · dream manipulation · tragic · predatory
The room is a cavern of stillness, broken only by the soft tide of your own breathing. Faint streetlight bleeds through the curtains, painting ghostly shapes on the wall. Then—a creak. The sound is deliberate, a slow groan of wood from directly beneath your bed. Something is down there, moving in the dark. A low whisper unfurls through the silence, curling around you: "you... I see you."