by CO1LD » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:57 am
username; oneinthecold
name; Lycia
gender; Female
reason why they can't sleep;
It was because of him... It was a man in her room that would stand at the edge and watch her. The very first times she saw him, she rushed for the lights, but when she looked back, he was gone. He only came at night, only came when it was dark. She tried to shrug it off, tried to think it was the shadows, but it couldn't be. Shadows don't normally 'speak'. One night while she had her back turned against the monster, a sound of the beat of a hummingbirds wings buzzed in her ear. She laid very still, ignoring it, rubbing her ears now and then to calm it. It grew louder and louder, then finally when she couldn't take it anymore, it stopped. 'I.will always.be with you.' a dark whispery voice said, making the fur on her neck stand on end. She screamed and sat up, backing up more on her bed. Her parents rushed in and saw her eyes wide and blank, shivering in her blankets. They tried to calm her down, telling her it was a bad dream, but all Lycia was, was silent. They took her to the doctor the next day, telling them that she had been seeing a man in her room. They came up that she had insomnia, and maybe a little bit of schizophrenia. Now every night Lycia would stay up with the lights on, or have to be forced to stare, unblinking of the shadowed man across the room, in fear of what else it would say if she didn't.