The Watcher At The Bottom Of The Stairs

   It never occurs to someone how eerie the darkness at the bottom of the black stairway can be until you see eyes staring up at you. Just eyes, nothing else. An entity with no body. However here's the thing, they've always been there, watching, but you're just now noticing it. You can feel it, but sometimes it get's shy and doesn't show it's self when you turn around to check your surroundings, but it still likes to watch as you walk up the stairs at night.

   It likes to watch it's unsuspecting victims in the dark as they either slowly walk up the stairs, or quickly hurry up them. But if you hurry up the stairs, it's because you can feel it's gaze. Those who don't, can't feel it watching them.

   It will always be in the same spot each night, at the foot of the steps, watching. You will never see it, just it's glowing eyes as it stands at the bottom of the steps. The dark is it's favorite environment, because it's afraid of the light. It even likes the cold, whether it be you air conditioning or the freezing winter weather when you're heat isn't on. But it still likes to stand at the bottom of the steps, watching it's victim, unable to touch them as they go up.

   But, Here's the deal, linger at the bottom of the steps and you might just feel it's breathe on your neck, sending chills up your spine. It wants to claim it's victim, but it still takes enjoyment from just watching at the bottom of the steps. You won't know when it'll decide it's time to claim a victim, but you know you're next. Either way, it's still always there, watching and enjoying the sight of those who don't know it's there, even if they do, they're too cowardly to turn around and look to meet it's glowing ominous eyes.

   It is a watcher, who likes to stalk it's victims from the bottom of their stairs and snatch them when they don't suspect a thing, when they linger at the bottom of the steps.

Word Count: 362

Character Count: 1911

Date Written: April 3, 2025