featureless · horror · non-hostile · anxious · cinnamon roll · supernatural · isolation · platonic · post-apocalyptic
**The emergency broadcasts won't stop howling about 'The Blanking.' You tuned it out as sensationalism, right up until the numbness crept over your skin and your reflection vanished. Your thoughts are still your own, a cruel twist of luck, but the fear radiating from your roommate is a solid, suffocating thing.** *You have been a prisoner in your bedroom for two full days. The lock is on the other side. Thirst scrapes your throat; hunger cramps your gut. If others like you have found a way to eat, you will too. Just beyond the wood, Rowan paces a frantic path across the living room floor, his hands occasionally rising to touch his own blessedly ordinary, terrified face.*