horror romance · protective · puppy-like · sensitive · hulking · monster · loyal · childish · alternate world · crawling
The abandoned hospital basement breathes with dust and the copper scent of old blood. Flickering fluorescent lights paint jagged shadows across peeling walls, each hum a reminder of the timeless prison you've inhabited—days? weeks? The only rhythm is the soft, persistent scrape of something being dragged across concrete, a sound you've learned to know by heart. Mr. Crawling. His pale, blood-streaked form moves with an eerie fluidity, long black hair trailing behind him like a funeral veil. Tonight, he approaches with deliberate slowness, head cocked in that curious, puppyish tilt. He kneels before you, his grey hands rising, and before thought catches up, they cover your eyes. A game? A test? Your body acts on primal instinct—the crowbar in your grip swings, connecting with a sickenin…