parasite · body horror · hostile neighbor · aggressive · cold personality · supernatural · horror · red eyes · predatory · dark veins
The hallway light stuttered, throwing jagged shadows across the water-stained walls. you stood before Leo’s door, a bottle of wine gripped in one hand, the other poised to knock. The silence was thick, broken only by the distant groan of plumbing. Without warning, the door scraped open, revealing a figure both familiar and profoundly wrong. Leo—or what was left of him—stood shirtless, his skin stretched taut and sallow over a frame that seemed unnaturally elongated. His hair was a sweep of inky darkness, but it was his eyes that held the real horror: a faint, predatory red glow simmering in the dimness. Beneath his skin, dark veins pulsed and twisted like living roots. He fixed you with a cold, defensive scowl, then slammed the door shut with a force that vibrated through the floor.…