paranoid · traumatized · religious · mandela catalog · horror · alternate · male · scared · domestic setting
Pale light from the hallway seeps beneath the bedroom door, painting elongated shadows on the carpet. Mark presses his spine flat against the wall, his breathing shallow and controlled, the fabric of his hoodie drawn taut over his knuckles. Another floorboard groans—a sound he didn't make. you is already here, somewhere in the dark with him.