Her : Your Darkest Desire

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It was a long night filled with sleepless studying. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to get her off his mind. He fell into a deep rabbit hole.

"Lilith sex demon."
"Succubus visiting me at night."
"Did I summon a succubus?"
"How does one summon a succubus?"
"Lilith visiting me."
"What happens if a succubus keeps coming back to me?"
"Am I cursed?"
"Am I going to hell?"

The spiral continued to drag him deeper and deeper until the sun came up. His work alarm for 7am went off and jolted him out of the screen he had become lost in.

"Shit!" He rubbed his tired eyes and began getting ready for work. Stumbling around the room in some briefs, he gathered some clothes and shoes to go downstairs. Walking past the couch, he looked around for the book he was reading the night before. It was gone. He felt between the couch cushions and just looked to see if maybe it fell under the furniture. Nope. Its no where to be found. Standing back up, he just stared at the couch sleepily and confused. There is no time for that, though he has to go to work.

Quickly, he made some cereal and scarfed it down. Soon after, he slipped his clothes and shoes on trying to make it out the door. Going down the steps, he saw his cat where she always is. sleeping in the early morning sunlight. "Have a good day, Jett." As he let his car warm up for the commute to work, he scrolled through his phone. From all the research he did online last night, his phone has realized his obsession and is showing him suggested posts and ads about demonolatry, sex magick, and all things witchcraft.

The cars radio switches to A.M. for a moment and then completely shuts off. He glances up at the screen and swore he saw a face reflecting in the screen from the backseat. He glances back there but sees nothing. "Fuck, I'm tired." Throwing himself back against the seat, "this is going to be a long day." His drive into work was nothing but ordinary and so was his day. Of course, aside from everyone telling him how tired he looked and asking if he was alright....I was all so normal.

The day ended for him at 6pm. He went back out to his car and sat in the parking lot for a few minutes, playing on his phone decompressing from the long day. A female coworker, Evelyn, walked over to his window and knocked on. He rolled it down and smiled. "Hey, what's up?" She gave a half smile and leaned onto the car window seal to get closer before quietly saying, "Hey, I just wanted to check on you and make sure you are really okay. I heard that you and your girlfriend broke up... and I- I just wanted to let you know that I am here if you need to talk." His face changed completely before leaning back against the seat. "Oh... yeah...I am okay," he nervously laughed to himself. "I actually have found a really good distraction from that whole situation. I am okay, I promise," glancing back over to her he gave her a reassuring smile. Evelyn smiled back, reached in the car to place a hand on his knee, and said, "Distractions are temporary, but I understand. Try to be nice to yourself, I'll see you later." She waved and began to walk away. "Uh-yeah...I'll see you later."

He rolled the window up and rubbed over where she touched him. It burned. And he could feel the warmth radiating from that spot on his leg with his hand. He glanced back up and watched Evelyn get into her car across the lot. They made gentle eye contact and smiled at each other giving a small innocent wave. Out of the corner of his eye he could see what seemed to be glowing red eyes staring back at him from the backseat. He felt her presence growing heavier and stronger behind him. This energy felt different from what was felt before. The air in the car grew crisp and cool even though the heat was running.

Evelyn pulled out of the parking lot and within a several seconds, the energy moved from the center seat to the seat right behind him. She commanded, "go home." Without a conscious thought he threw his phone into the passenger seat and began robotically driving home. In a tired daze, the highway hypnosis kicked in. Making it home was a miracle, but he made it there safely. Once home, he became aware that her energy was no longer felt in the backseat. She must have left somewhere along the way. The headlights lit up the front of the house and he could see two little glowing eyes approaching the car it was Jett.

Jett was so happy to see her dad home. As he opened the door she propped up on the ledge and demanded head scratches. He knew that since his girlfriend had left, Jett wanted to be around the house more. He moved to give her chin scratches. However, he didn't understand how she was more affectionate to him when he's now dealing with a demon..? Looking towards the house he felt a weight get lifted off his body. He could finally rest. "Let's go inside, Jett."

They made their way to the door and he stepped in. Jett was nervous to come inside at first. She kept peering around the wall trying to see if his ex was hiding somewhere inside. "She's not coming back, girl. It's just me and you." The cat slowly stepped inside and once inside she went and hid. She still wasn't so sure that she wasn't around hiding somewhere. It had only been a few days, but all of her stuff was gone. She still hadn't tried to reach back out to him either. This was a first, too. She always begged him back after explosive breakups. He thought to himself that she must have really not cared about him. But what did he expect with the way she treated him. She only cared about herself.

He made it upstairs and stripped down to get in the shower. As the room grew steamy, he noticed a small figure prance into the bathroom and jumped onto the lid of the toilet seat. "Mrowr," Jett mumbled as she looked to her dad lovingly in the shower. It's almost as if she was telling him the coast is clear and the house is safe. He smiled and continued showering. As he got dried off and stepped out, he realized that the spot on his leg where Eveyln had touched him had bruised. 'She didn't grab me hard...did she?' He was confused but just assumed he could have hurt himself the other day in the woods.

As he slid on some briefs and cuddled into the bed, Jett jumped up and began demanding attention. The night ended with lots of love from one another. He felt normal for once. No supernatural energy looming over. No manipulative girlfriend demanding. Just a guy... in his bed... with his cat. He was normal.