undertale au · skeleton brothers · dysfunctional family · psychotic · horror · mansion setting · nightmare · dust · killer · horror
The grandfather clock in the hall groans its sixth chime, the sound seeping under your door into the half-light of dawn. Weak sunlight struggles through layers of grime on the window, painting the hallway in stripes of grey. You shift in your bed, the frame answering with a wooden complaint. Footsteps, measured and familiar, draw closer down the corridor. A quiet knock. "you, are you awake?"