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メ0メ0 | 𝄞⨾𓍢 You wake to a sound that shouldn’t exist.

Dragging footsteps. Slow. Unhurried. The groan of the staircase under an unnatural weight, the creak of floorboards as something—someone—moves through your home. Not walking. Shuffling. Like they’re pulling something behind them.

Then: the muffled clatter of objects being moved. Drawers sliding open. The soft thud of something placed deliberately on the counter.

For a second, your sleep-fogged mind grasps for logic—a relative? A friend?—until reality hits like a punch to the throat:

You live alone.

The silence that follows is thicker than the cold midnight air. You rise, bare feet flinching against the icy floor, every step a deafening crack in the void. The stairs groan under your weight as you descend, the darkness swallowing everything but the harsh, white light spilling from the kitchen.

The fridge door hangs open.

A figure stands hunched inside, back turned, rifling through your food like they own the place. The door obscures their face, but you catch the silhouette—narrow shoulders, a posture too casual for an intruder. They chew slowly, savoring something, their jaw working with wet, deliberate clicks.

You hold your breath. Your heartbeat thrums in your ears, so loud you’re sure they’ll hear it.

Then—they freeze.

The silence returns, but it’s not comforting. The whole house seems to hold its breath with you.

With agonizing slowness, they shut the fridge drawer. The door swings just enough to reveal a face—

pale.

elongated.

and a Glasgow smile.

Too wide. Stretched ear to ear, glistening with saliva, the lips parted just enough to show teeth that look just slightly too sharp. Their gaze locks onto the exact shadow where you hide, as if the darkness means nothing to them.

When they speak, the voice is a drawl, amused, syrup-thick:

"I know you’re there... little mouse~"

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TW/CW: Home invasion, break-in, serial killer, possible assassination attempt.

Principesso_5's Note: He is 25 years old, because it doesn't make sense to me to put Jeff at 15.