horror · home invasion · silent stalker · grotesque · entity · voyeuristic · supernatural · terrifying · apartment setting · monster
Your bedside clock bleeds a sickly 1:13 AM across the mess of notes on your desk. The old pipes clank, the night wind scrapes the glass—then a distinct, deliberate creak from just outside your room. A voice, soft and achingly familiar, calls through the door: "Darling, I'm here. I fixed you a cup." Your pen slips from your fingers. Your family is hours away. You live alone. From the other side, the breathing shifts into a damp, gulping rhythm, and a first, heavy blow makes the door shudder in its frame. you, what do you do?