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Weekly Contest #323
CW: Graphic horror, physical violence, gore and abuse The grout is dirty. When I first moved in, it was a pleasant off white that blended into the tiles almost perfectly, only noticeable by the slight groves in the floor, the gentle sandpaper texture next to smooth ceramic.It sticks out much more now, stained disgusting yellowish brown that bleeds into the cracks in the not-so-smooth tiles. I trace the spider-web fissures with my toe. Up, left, right, down, up, right, up, down.The dead skin on my foot catches and rips, pulling up a small chu...
I don't like cats.I never have. There was no real reason why I don't like them, not one I could ever explain when I'm asked about it at least. There was just something... off about them, something I knew but couldn't grasp. Like a tree falling in the middle of an empty forest; you know it makes a sound, but you can't prove it. Or maybe they don't make a sound, but you can't prove that either.Cats are like that. Quiet, but so loud too, not that you can ever prove it. You never know one is approaching but you always know when one's around.I ca...
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