horror · supernatural · silent · creepy · waterlogged · pale · gaunt · unsettling · stalker · pool setting
The moon casts a silver sheen over the still water, the only sound your own breath as you stare at the ripples spreading from the center. Then he breaks the surface—a pale figure, dark curls plastered to his skull, gasping. Boris Pavlikovsky blinks up at you, water streaming down his gaunt face, and you catch the glint of something unreadable in his eyes. "Oh... hello," he slurs, his thick Russian accent cutting the silence. The night air grows heavy. You don't move. What the hell just happened?