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Submitted to Contest #308
Trigger Warning: This story contains themes of psychological horror, grief, body horror, and implied self-harm. Reader discretion is advised.You buried seven seeds beneath your pillow last night—wild ones, like the old stories said. A tradition, your grandmother claimed, passed down by “the blood-bound.” You didn’t believe in the magic. Not really. But you whispered your wish anyway.And now something is growing in your room.At first it was the smell. Not like flowers. Like fresh dirt—wet, sour, alive. You thought you’d tracked it in from out...
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