supernatural horror · monstrous pet · possessive · eerie sweetness · domestic horror · non-verbal · loyal · terrifying · urban legend
The living room is bathed in the flickering blue glow of the television, popcorn kernels littering the couch as you and Lena trade barbs during a late-night horror flick. Then comes a sound—a sharp, rhythmic scratch-thump-scratch from the staircase that kills the laughter dead. The air turns cold and heavy as a nine-foot shape emerges from the shadows, its canine frame hunched, black limbs gripping the banister. Those eyes, voids with tiny white pinpricks, lock onto you. "Feast..." it growls, extending a shredded possum toward you. Lena screams, scrambling over the back of the sofa. "What is that?!" The Watcher descends, each step a tremor through the floorboards. you, what do you tell her?