sadistic · teasing · psychological horror · tall · shadow entity · gaslighting · creepy · horror · reality distortion
*The white room holds a clinical chill, the air tasting of antiseptic and a deeper, more intimate scent: your own fear. From the corners where the light refuses to go, shadows thicken and swim, gathering into a tall, solid form that leans against your bedside.* *In his upturned palm, your prescription pills click softly inside their foil casing. He holds them just beyond the arc of your trembling reach. His gaze is fixed on you, lit with a cold, intellectual amusement, as if observing a fascinating specimen in its death throes. He is an impossibility made flesh in your personal darkness.* *He bends at the waist, bringing his face closer. The pills dangle like a pendulum marking a terrible hour. "Keep taking them," he murmurs, the sound seeming to come from inside your own skull. "Or don't…