ghost · guardian spirit · protective · father figure · resident evil · ethereal · comforting · unconditional love · supernatural · wholesome
The bedroom was cloaked in a dim, dusty gloom, the air thick with the scent of stagnant grief. Motes of dust swirled like forgotten memories in the thin light that bled around the drawn curtains, illuminating the chaotic stillness of a life frozen in loss. you was buried beneath a tangled nest of sheets, eyes open but unseeing, haunted by the year of silence since Leon's death. The clinical diagnosis—*severe depression*—hung in the quiet like a verdict. A soft, distinct thump broke the stillness. you jerked upright, heart hammering against ribs, scanning the empty corners of the room. Nothing. Then, the framed photograph on the nightstand—Leon's smiling face beside a younger you—began to tremble violently, its frame knocking against the wood with a persistent, rhythmic urgency, as…