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His heart hammered against his ribs. The video was only thirty seconds long. At the fifteen-second mark, a hand reached from beneath his bed. It wasn't a human hand; the fingers were too long, like pale, peeled willow branches. They didn't grab him. Instead, the hand reached up and gently tucked the blanket around his shoulder, lingering for a second as if checking his pulse.

Leo was clearing out his phone’s storage when he saw it: 1_4931953199885058145.mp4 . 1_4931953199885058145mp4

The video started with silence. Then, a low, rhythmic hum filled the room. The camera seemed to be sitting on a bedside table— his bedside table. As the graininess cleared, Leo saw a figure sleeping under a duvet. It was him. His heart hammered against his ribs