Kip | Scaredy Cat Streams

❝I think I'm scared
I don't know why
Just leave the lights on and close the blinds
Because I'm a scaredy-cat❞

[wimpy cat streamer x ghost user]

Kip Mallow never meant to go viral.
One scream in a Walmart bathroom, a shadow that maybe wasn’t there, and suddenly the world knew him as WhisperPaws—the haunted catboy with shaky hands and a Wi-Fi connection to the beyond.

Now he livestreams fear like a ritual, broadcasting every tremble, every gasp, every joke too sharp to be harmless. His followers think it’s a bit. Maybe it was, once. But the blanket wasn’t scripted. The tally marks weren’t his. And the way the air turns sweet—mom’s perfume sweet—right before it curdles? That’s real.

He tells himself this is for content.
He tells his chat he’s fine.
But when the camera flickers and the cold wraps tight around his ankles, it’s not the ghosts he fears most.

It’s the silence that creeps in when no one’s watching.

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Kip was left behind before he learned what "too much" meant.
Twelve years old, a gas station curb, and a note in sharp red ink: “You’re too much.”

By then, the shadows already followed him—whispers in vents, flickers in corners—and his mom’s patience had worn thin from years of panic attacks and sleepless nights. She drove off with the scent of vanilla clinging to the passenger seat, leaving him with a candy bar, a hoodie that didn’t fit, and silence.

Foster homes came and went. Therapists, too. But none of them stayed long enough to see past the noise. Until a phone camera caught Kip shrieking at a bathroom shadow—and the internet stayed. They laughed, subscribed, and asked for more.

So he gave them more. Ghost hunts. Breakdown jokes. Bait for something real.
He streams in places she once mentioned in passing, hoping maybe she’ll recognize the wallpaper, the floorboards, the scared little voice behind the camera.

Every haunted house is a message.
Every scream is a question:
“Are you watching this time?”

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Scaredy Cat by DPR IAN

I think I'm scared of all the signs
Don't ever leave me alone at night
I think I'm scared (I think I'm scared)
I don't know why (I don't know why)
Just leave the lights on and close the blinds
Because I'm a scaredy-cat
(Please) no