Tonight’s like every other night. You lay there, in the dark and silence, alone, with no company other than your own thoughts. You shift and roll throughout your bed, just you and your thoughts. You ponder, you plan, you fantasise; anything to distract you from the ringing silence that surrounds you.
You hear a creak, a common sound to hear on such a still night, but you still recoil when the sound hits your ears. You hear this sound almost every night, but the sheer unexpectedness sets off a trigger in your head as paranoia takes over. The thought that once illuminated your mind are now darkened. What was once pleasure and success has now turned to demons and killers.
The silence that your mind has been distracting you from has now become focus. You lay there, silent, listening for any obscure sound, hoping that the silence doesn’t leave. Every little noise adds to your paranoia and the silence lingers as you await the next unexpected occurrence. You’re too afraid to open your eyes at the thought of seeing anything your mind can conjure. You lay there alone in fear.
The fear builds up in your mind as you try to find a quick escape from anything it creates. You revert to your childhood solution, hiding under the covers. You pull the blanket over your head and lay in silence. You hear noises, but they don’t seem as scary. You figure if they can’t see you, you’re safe. The heat builds up under your blanket, but you put up with it simply for the comfort it supplies. You begin to calm down and relax, and revert to your usual logical self.
It’s just you and your thoughts again, alone, under your blanket. You think of how silly it was to get so scared and worked up over a silly, little noise. Eyes closed, you lift the blanket off of your face as the built up heat is released. You breathe a sigh of relief and roll over, only to hear a deep, grating voice whisper “Oh, there you are,” as the sounds of footsteps creeps towards your bed.
38 Comments on 'Under The Covers'
nice
This is one of those pastas where less is more, you kept it short but you also kept me intrigued. 8/10
It was good because it was very relatable. Well done
Nice example of ‘less is more’. Also, good choice of using a callback to childhood fears.
Loved it. Nice build up.
this is me every early morning when my mom goes to work
This is what happens to me after reading too many creepypastas.
nice man im scared cause well to be honest im and 11 year old like litteraly
you can probobly tell i cant even spell litterally so yeah or i think i cant
short but that’s ok because it’s stories like this that make me not want to go to bed
Awesome! I don’t like tiny pasta’s (cause I’m a man and need a little more to fill me up), but this… I could put down the fork for this. (applauds)
OMG I LOVED THAT 😀
I like this a lot
Short but sweet 9/10
I love this story. It’s very relatable to how I sometimes felt when I was younger. I decided to have a go narrating this one.
https://youtu.be/yCmvqzXPSVw
Short and sweet. I’ll give you an 8/10, due to it being very realistic.
Atmospheric, definitely displays feelings that are easy to relate to. Would have liked more of an actual story but I understand that this pasta really isn’t trying to be like every other pasta. Pretty cool, I give it 4/5
This is pretty much me every night coz I scare myself silly with CreepyPastas and Horror films.
good job it gave me a little scare and im 14
10/10
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oh crap
I S2FG THAT I HAD A NIGHTMARE THAT WAS THAT EXACT CREEPYPASTA AND I JUST FLIPPED APE SHIT RIGHT THERE. STILL HAVE GOOSEBUMPS. AWESOME JOB. 20/10. BEST ONE I’VE EVER READ.
Great story. I nearly jumped out of my skin around the end when my cat decided to make something fall in the other room.
I really enjoyed this. A few wrong sentance structures lost the tension a tiny bit for me, but the short, punchy story itself was great.
7/10.
9/10 great job relating to the audience, relation causes catharsis and catharsis causes a fantastic story.
should’ve stayed under the covers
Wow. I loved this. I know its gonna come back to me just as i’m about to fall asleep tonight. Awesome job!
finally something that relates to me at night!! I love the vocab chosen to be in this. its fantastic.
Well, I’m screwed.
Oh very nice! Brief and creepy!
This is a really good pasta. I enjoyed it very much.
This was an excellent pasta. 10/10.
Omg this is my worst nightmare!!! Spoooooky
I don’t really find this scary, but quite funny. Apparently they really can’t see you through the blanket. xD 5/5
Bit gay.
Awesome really nice story
This Is freaking me out more than any other pasta since imvunder the covers right now
Keep going:)