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THE HOLLOW MAN
It started with a whisper.
"Come closer."
Mia bolted upright in bed, her breath caught in her throat. The room was dark except for the dim glow of the streetlights outside. Beside her, Jake was fast asleep, his chest rising and falling in steady rhythm.
Had she imagined it?
She held her breath, listening.
Silence.
Mia let out a shaky exhale and laid back down, pulling the covers up to her chin. She was probably just tired. But just as sleep began to take her—
"I’m waiting."
The voice was right beside her ear.
She jerked up so fast her head spun. Her hands trembled as she reached for the bedside lamp, flicking it on. The room was empty.
Jake groaned and turned over. “Babe, what the hell?”
“There’s—” She hesitated. She couldn’t explain it. Couldn’t make him believe.
Nothing,” she muttered, turning off the light.
But it wasn’t nothing.
The whispers continued each night, growing bolder. The air felt heavy, suffocating. Shadows shifted in the corners of the room. And then—she saw him.
A shape.
Tall. Wrong.
It stood in the corner, limbs too long, torso stretched unnaturally thin. Its face was a smudge of darkness, an absence where features should be. It did not move. It did not breathe. It only watched.
Mia shut her eyes, whispering, “Not real, not real, not real.”
When she opened them again—he was closer.
She screamed.
Jake jolted awake, cursing. “Mia, what the hell is wrong with you?”
“There’s someone—” She pointed.
But the corner was empty.
“Mia, you need to sleep,” he sighed, pulling her into his arms. “You’re just freaking yourself out.”
But she wasn’t.
Because each night, the Hollow Man crept closer.
She refused to sleep. The lights stayed on. But the whispers only grew louder.
"Let me in."
Then, Mia made a mistake.
She whispered back.
"Who are you?"
The room collapsed into silence. The air turned rancid, thick with the smell of rot.
Then, slowly—it grinned.
The lights flickered.
Mia choked on a scream as her body seized, her back arching violently. Her skin rippled and split, as if something inside her was crawling its way out.
Jake watched in horror as deep, jagged cuts tore open across her stomach, something moving beneath the flesh. Her veins bulged, black and swollen, spreading like a spiderweb under her skin.
“MIA!” He lunged for her—
Her jaw snapped open.
Too wide.
Unnatural.
Her tongue split down the middle, peeling apart like rotting fruit. Her teeth sharpened before his eyes, jagged like broken glass.
Her fingers clawed at her own face, peeling away strips of skin. The flesh sloughed off in wet chunks, exposing muscle and bone.
Jake gagged. Something was pushing out from inside her.
He grabbed her wrists, trying to hold her together, but her body buckled and ripped apart, spilling blood, viscera, and something else—something dark, shifting, wrong.
The Hollow Man stepped out of her, shedding her body like a useless husk. Jake’s mouth opened in a silent scream as the creature turned toward him—
And Mia’s skinless face grinned back.
Then, the lights went out.
(Sorry this took so long, my lovelys. I hope this lives up to expectations and let me know what you want to write! Love you xx(
This is soo cute!!
If you guys have not watched/seen the original CSI (Crime Scene Investigation), I highly recommend it! Greg and Nick are my personal favorites because they get along with each other, and the way they act around each other just gives me this...vibe, you know? 😅
Rockstar x stalker reader???1?1?1
TW: bad English (tell me if you spot a mistake!!!)
Rockstar who sees you on every single fan meetup, always taking pictures with him and telling him how much you love his work
You always tell him you already own every single new album he released, every single merch and everything else thats asosieted w him
He also sees you on his concerts, always in the 'vip members' part of the event
Sometimes he wonders how much money you spend on him
Rockstar who stops calling you his fan and starts calling you by your name cuz "youre always here, might as well treat you as a crew member"
Rockstar who geniusly start letting you in behind the scenes... You just love him so much! Always spending so much money on the concert tickets! You deserve something for all the support!
Rockstar who stsrts seeing you outside of his public life! You like the same movies,drinks, snacks... everything! How could he not want to be friends with you??? He just needs to take you for a walk after a concert or fan meetup
Rockstar who starts getting freaked out seeing gifts and plushies and other stuff outside his door every morning.... Hes fans dont know where he lives... You dont to (at least thats what he thinks)
Oh how happy he was when you offered to give him your number when he told you whats happening <33 now he can call you when hes felling like someones watching him
Then he starts to get wierd messages on every single account on every single platform that has his number attached to it.... (Hes just so dumb 😔)
Rockstar going thru those messages only to find pictures of his house.... Terrified calls you to ask if he can stay with you until he doesnt find out whos stalking him!!!
Rockstar who doesnt know youre not planning to let him leave your house ever again
Lmao Im back ig :33 prob nobodys gonna see this but atleast I had fun writing this <333