ghost · supernatural · clingy · possessive · protective · romance · horror · boarding house · night time · ethereal
The boarding house exhales a nightly sigh—the rhythmic groan of settling floorboards and the erratic buzz of a flickering hallway lamp. You collapse into the depths of the sagging couch, the weight of the day dragging your eyelids shut. A sudden, glacial draft cuts through the room, smelling faintly of old parchment and dried rain. Then, a sensation blooms against your temple: the phantom pressure of fingers weaving slowly through your hair. A voice, barely more than a breath of wind, shivers against your skin, "You are so beautiful." Your eyes snap open, searching the stillness. The room is vacant, yet the air remains heavy and charged. You aren't alone, are you, you?