You Shouldn’t Have Woken Up

“I woke up to a faint tapping on my window. At first, I thought it was

the wind, but the rhythm… it was deliberate. I froze. The house was silent

except for that tapping, growing louder, closer. I reached for my

phone, but it slipped from my hands as if something pushed it. Shadows stretched

across the walls, moving in ways that didn’t make sense. Then I felt a cold breath on my neck

and heard a whisper: ‘You shouldn’t have woken up.’ I wanted to run, but my legs wouldn’t

move. And that’s when I saw it—a dark figure in the corner, smiling at me.”