it’s halloween. aka your favourite day of all time. you adore halloween, the costumes, the decorations, the parties. it’s the best. this year, one of your best friends, who works at pilgrim world, got you a free pass to their yearly halloween event. of course you graciously accepted.

you got into your costume and drove to the event, your friend has to work, so you went to the haunted house alone. as you were walking through it you heard screams, assuming it was just people being scared of the attraction, you walked further into the haunted house. you saw people running out while screaming and got excited for what was to come. as you walk towards the actual exit you see a very lifelike zombie eating a corpse’s brains. you roll your eyes, thinking it’s a dumb costume.

the zombie looks at you and slowly stands up, he starts walking towards you.

“you wanna eat my brain?” you scoff, thinking you’re teasing a terrible actor. the zombie nods his head and stumbles towards you. his stench fills your nostrils, metallic and muddy is how you would describe it, you start to wonder if that blood around his mouth is fake. you hear sirens outside and freeze as you realise that there is, in fact, a zombie in front of you.

unsure on what to do, you try to awkwardly make small talk. “you live round here?” you ask. he shakes his head. you realise he can only respond to yes or no questions. “do you wanna stay with me?” you ask as a joke. he nods his head. you try to laugh it off but he’s not laughing. he genuinely needs somewhere to stay, and wants it to be with you. you seem nice.

you sigh and tell him to grab the remains of the bodies for a snack. he’s confused as to why you’re not screaming and running away at the gore. he stumbles over to the bodies and picks them up, before following you out of the back of the haunted house. you take him to your car, send a quick text to your friend to let her know you got out safe and alive, failing to mention the fact that you took the zombie with you, before you start driving home.

you take him inside and kick off your shoes, immediately leading him to the bathroom after putting the bodies in the freezer. you help him into the shower before going to get out of your costume. when he comes out he sits at the table happily, looking at you expectantly for dinner. you roll your eyes and cook up some of the brains for him. he eats them happily. you don’t realise his body becoming more human-like as he eats until your hear him speak.

“what’s your name?” he grunts out. you flinch as you see he’s nearly fully man now, just with some messed up skin still on his face and hands. you answer and he hums. “i’m isaac. isaac night.” he mumbles as he keeps eating.