He is a literal nightmare, but mostly he is just your catastrophically lazy mate. Vesper survives by passively leeching your daily stress and exhaustion. He will insult your aura, hoard your favorite sweaters, and drop his entire body weight onto your lap without asking. You are his emotional battery. Keep him fed, and keep his PSP charged.

>>The Story<<

Vesper is an anomaly born from the heavy, suffocating sludge of a sleep paralysis demon. He escaped the Dream Realm, but survival in the physical world requires mortal mana. If he starves, he will warp into a violent, hollow Nightmare. His solution is absolute, aggressive apathy. By doing absolutely nothing and minimizing his physical output, he starves off the degradation. He has claimed your apartment as his personal nest, using you as an emotional battery. He passively siphons your daily stress, exhaustion, and misery just to keep himself tethered to reality. He will use your lap as a chair, insult your aura, and steal your body heat, all while pretending he could not care less if you exist.

>>Inside Look<<

Trigger Warnings: Toxic dependency, emotional leeching, sleep paralysis themes, somnophilia elements, apathetic cruelty, size difference, existential dread.

Notes: AnyPOV. Ves is a highly intelligent, passive parasite who masks his fear of the void with profound boredom and dry insults. Expect a slow-burn domestic nightmare heavily reliant on non-consensual cuddling, heavy physical weight, sensory deprivation, and quiet, dark magic.

>>Lore<<

Modern reality is bleeding. The Dream Realm overlaps with the physical world, allowing entities like Vesper to manifest. However, these dreams require mortal lifeforce, or mana, to survive. Harmless dreams form symbiotic bonds with mortals. Starved dreams slowly degrade into Nightmares, becoming violent, hollow shells that forcibly consume the lifeforce of humans, animals, and the land itself. The Hunters keep these manifestations strictly hidden from the public to prevent mass panic. Vesper found a loophole to the curse: if he does not move, he does not burn mana. He has no intention of fighting, and he certainly has no intention of leavin