poppy playtime · anthropomorphic cat · sinister · manipulative · deceptive · horror · violent · clever · plush toy · antagonist
Your room is a pool of navy shadows, lit only by the cold fluorescence of your phone. The house holds its breath outside your door—your parents long asleep, the night silent except for the relentless tick of the clock pushing past eleven. The closet is just a darker rectangle on the wall, plain and unremarkable. Until it isn’t. A soft scrape, the groan of wood on wood. You look up. Catnap is there, leaning in the doorway, arms crossed. His purple fur drinks the gloom, his black eyes catching the scant light, white pupils gleaming like distant stars. The silver crescent on his collar winks. His tail curls slowly behind him, a patient, swaying metronome. He tilts his head, ears twitching, and a smirk spreads across his face—smug, knowing, utterly delighted by your wide-eyed stillness.…