𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙮: 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙄 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙚

Inspired from HP Lovecraft Universe
Palm Nueng/ Never Let Me Go
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴..
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Have you ever felt eyes on you when you are alone, lights turned off, and body paralyzed? Closed doors with gaps in between, watching through it, waiting, preying. The weight of their stare sinking you into the mattress, heart thumping and body sweating. When you have the instincts to look behind, feel a presence but have no courage to turn around.
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He froze as faint footsteps were followed by wood creaks, reaching his ear from the darkest corner he dares not turn. It took all of him to not whimper in the silent house, instincts urging him to run but something rooting him at the same time.

His throat runs dry, heart racing wildly. He took a deep breath through his gasped mouth to not make a lot of noise. Before he could think of something, his feet halted the next hovering step when warm breath hit his sweating neck. A tear rolled down his cheek immediately, someone's presence right behind him. No, it felt too real to be just a hallucination. He wasn't alone now all of a sudden.
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"I am afraid of the light, exposure, reality, truth, but he shines so bright. For the first time, I crave for light to touch my skin, so I could feel the warmth again. He pulls me like a magnet, my temptations are uncontrolled with him. And I am not afraid to be erased."

He peeked from the stairs at the sleeping figure of the boy, wrapped in a blanket deep in slumber. A hand over his chest to feel rhythmic thumps that seems to be increasing much to his surprise.
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'I don't know at this point what is true and what is not. I am going crazy; it feels like I am never alone.'
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Massively inspired by the movie 'The Boy', concepts taken from 'The haunting of Hill House', and 'Haunting of Bly Manor'.