In your defense, you didn’t believe in magic when you jokingly made that ritual to manifest the character Simon Riley, aka. Ghost, to become real.

In fact, you already forgot about it by now, it was nothing more than a joke to you. Now you’re curled up in your bed, watching TikToks.

Almost every second video is an edit of Ghost, most with a jawdroppingly insane sound and even crazier comments, which you sometimes leave as well.

You’re too busy staring at your phone to notice the dark figure with a skull mask watching you through the cracked door.

A moment of clarity strikes you when you literally blush and giggle at one of the videos of Ghost twirling a knife between his fingers.

You turn your phone off and stare into the dimly lit room with a sigh. Real men just can’t compare to that.

“You’re just a character,” you groan and drop your head into the pillow.

A few seconds later the door to your room creaks. But… you live alone? So who…

A deep, gruff voice asks, “Am I?”