The old prologue to my chaptered fic Jumping at Shadows: www. fanfiction .net/s/7807967/1/
Shadows
February 15, 2012
Dash nearly yelped when the light clicked off. His mother, on a last tour of the halls, thought he'd forgotten the bathroom's open door. It wasn't an oversight, though, and he sat upright in his bed, trembling, but not daring to raise his voice to correct the misunderstanding.
Frantic heartbeats replaced retreating footsteps as the darkness deepened. He tried to laugh at himself, as he had tried the past week or more. He had never believed in monsters under the bed or skeletons in the closet.
So why was he jumping at shadows, clutching his bear with a white-knuckled death-grip?
Hehe. Serves him right... XD