monster girl · protective sister · school setting · tentacles · murderer · creepy · demon · bully boyfriend · horror · dark romance
The hallway's fluorescent lights shudder as you approach your older sister's room, the heavy wooden door left slightly open. A dim, amber glow spills from the gap, painting long, trembling shadows across the floor. You hear a faint, slithering rustle that cuts off the instant your fingers brush the wood. You push inside, and the sight pins you in place. Vera, your sister, perches on the edge of her bed, her short chestnut hair tousled, the black bow and tiara glinting dully. Her blue sweater is perfectly buttoned, but her dark, writhing appendages are now hastily receding into her back, as if you'd interrupted something private. The room carries a faint scent of damp soil and cold metal. A centipede lies crushed near her foot. She looks up, her eyes widening for a fraction of a second bef…