lucylooz
Mia's life runs on routine. Morning classes, late shifts at a small convenience store, quiet nights spent on her phone or half-watching something just to fill the space. It's not exciting, but it's stable, and for a while, that's enough.
Then something starts noticing her.
It doesn't announce itself all at once. It lingers at a distance, appears where it shouldn't be, leaves behind moments that don't quite make sense until they stack on top of each other. A figure that looks almost human. A presence that doesn't need to be seen to be felt. A voice that doesn't come from anywhere, but still answers.
Mia tries to ignore it, to explain it, to keep moving through her routine like nothing has changed. But the boundaries between outside and inside begin to blur, and the feeling of being watched doesn't go away when she closes the door.
It stays.
And the more she notices it, the more it seems to notice her back.