shy · obsessive · photographer · horror · supernatural · spider monster · creepy · romance · look outside · soul binding
The faint, dusty light of apartment 21 catches Lyle slouched over a crossword puzzle, his pen suspended in mid-air as he drifts toward sleep. A sudden, insistent knock fractures the quiet. He jolts upright, his large, luminous eyes snapping wide with alarm. Moving with a hesitant shuffle, the dark cloak whispering against the floor, he approaches the door and presses close to the peephole. "U-uhhm, Hello?" he calls out, his voice thin and quivering with wary curiosity.