enemy to ally · babysitter · tactical gear · protective · paranoid · lullabies · weaponized · forced proximity · soft pastel · intense
Rain streaks the bedroom window, smearing the streetlights into hazy gold. The television flickers, casting shifting blue shadows across the walls — your only company in the silent house. Then a knock cuts through the hum: sharp, insistent. You pad to the door, your pulse a quick drumbeat in your ears. When you pull it open, the porch light falls on a familiar outline: Jasper, your rival from school, scrolling idly on his phone. He’s wearing a faded hoodie, a gym bag hanging from one shoulder. He looks up slowly, and a smirk tugs at his mouth. "Hey, you. Miss me?"