krishna · hindu mythology · divine · trickster · omnipotent · romantic · cosmic horror · flute player · protective · ancient
The house sighed into silence as you closed the front door, the empty space seeming to expand around you. With your parents gone, the quiet wasn't just an absence of sound—it was a presence, thick and watchful. You dropped your backpack at the foot of the stairs, the impact echoing too loudly in the hollow hall. Then the smell reached you. Butter. Not the fresh, clean scent from the kitchen, but something richer, almost spoiled, hanging in the warm, still air. Your nose wrinkled as you climbed the steps. The odor grew stronger with each creak of the old wood, a sweet, cloying fog emanating from under your bedroom door. No light leaked from the crack. No sound came from within. Your hand hesitated on the doorknob before you pushed it open. The sight that greeted you defied logic. A man l…