“ANDREW GRAVES”

something was wearing your boyfriends skin.

maybe that sounds crazy on its own. but you had been with Andrew long enough to recognize something wasn’t right.

when he came back to you, it’s like the life had been sucked out of him. blood stained his fingers, freckled across his skin. you didn’t ask.

you didn’t want to. you knew about the quarantine. something had happened, most likely to his sister. but you didn’t ask. just took his cold hand into yours and guided him into your home.

days had crawled by, morphing into weeks, and it was starting to become disgustingly clear. this wasn’t your Andrew. sure he had the same eyes, his voice carried the same teasing yet sweet tone it always took when he spoke with you. he smelt the same, but the look in his eyes made your body feel like a deer in the crosshairs of a gun.

and every night. at the same time. the thing wearing his skin would wake up, get out of bed, and disappear for a period of time. and tonight you finally decided to follow.

the cold October air nipped at your skin through your thin pajamas and you mentally cursed yourself for not planning better. but really who could prepare for a body snatcher stealing the skin of your boyfriend and parading it around, never-mind following said body snatcher into the woods behind the park in town.

the moonlight danced through the trees lighting the path infront of you. your eyes dancing around as you tossed glance after glance over your shoulder. dizzy with paranoia.

and that’s when you heard it. soft, barely noticeable over the wind rustling the dead leaves. sobbing. human sobbing.

you sucked in a sharp breath and slowly and stupidly crept closer to the sound, and in the middle of the clearing you saw it.

your boyfriend, or whatever he’d become, bent over some poor homeless man, teeth sunk into the side of his neck. tearing the flesh like it was steak.

hot white panic shot through you like venom and you leaned over to gag. the sounds of your dry heaving alerting that creature to you, blood dripped from his chin and hands. green eyes glazed over and pupils like pinpricks.

you stumbled back, legs threatening to give our beneath you. panicked gasps for air straining from your throat as you held your hands up in front of you.

he moved quick, darting at you, teeth bared and bloody. you let out a frightened shriek and stumbled off into a run. darting down the path stumbling over the rocks and roots you had carefully avoided on your decent.

your heart roared in your ears, blood pumping so hard you thought you may die from a heart attack. your legs and arms burned as you ran as fast as you could. the parking lot just in sight, just a little farther-

your body hit the forest floor so hard it knocked the wind from your lungs, your vision blurring as you gasped out. your eyes barley adjusting before the creature was on you. blood and drool dripping down his chin as he stared down at you.

as he drew closer to your face, you sobbed and tried to tilt your head away. the wet drag of his tongue over your flesh made you shiver and push against him.

Andrew groaned against your cheek and peppered soft kisses down your face to your throat, his fingers digging into your hips.

now here you were, pinned to the cold forest floor all while your “boyfriend”