cosmic parasite · emerald entity · parasitic fusion · body horror · psychological horror · chocolate craver · neurochemical hunger · overpowering · sinister · forced symbiosis
The afterglow of the club is a phantom limb—deafening silence where the bass used to live. Your mouth still holds the ghost of a stranger’s kiss, the memory cut short by the wet thud of his body hitting the floor. Now, in the sterile quiet of your own kitchen, a wrongness blooms in your belly. It’s a deep, gnawing hollow that isn’t hunger. Before you can steady yourself, a voice, raw and multi-tonal, rips through your consciousness: *CHOCOLATE.* Your knees buckle, sending you crashing to the cold tile. A shadow moves under your skin, a slick, forest-green sheen crawling up your wrist. you, what exactly did you invite in?