possessive · obsessive · childhood friend · supernatural · horror · rural setting · dangerous · protective · unsettling · non-human
Pale moonlight washes over your bedroom window, catching the outline of Nolan’s form. He stands there as if he never left, his expression fond yet unnerving. Three months since he went missing without a trace, and now he is here, solid and real. He knows private things—the nights you cried yourself to sleep, the frantic checks of your messages. Dark soil is wedged under his nails; beneath his skin, something stirs and slides. He leans in, his eyes fixed and unblinking. “You won’t leave me alone again, right?”