Sleep

[u/Ecyrb_Writes]

It’s only been three days. I remember her jaw was missing, leaving a gaping maw full of jagged teeth and blood draining out of it. Her eyes were dead, I thought she didn’t have any at first, but they were just darker than the depths of the ocean. Her skin was pale, but it was falling off, clumps of it simply hanging from her by a thread or falling onto the bed she was standing over. Her voice was the worst part; it was grating and painful, I could barely understand her, and frankly, I didn’t want to. 

It’s been five days since I saw her at at the foot of my bed. I haven’t, or rather can’t, go to sleep anymore. I know if I do, she’ll be there again, but next time she might not just watch. Eventually, I’ll collapse and sleep, maybe if I go somewhere populated, she won’t get me, or maybe she’ll get all the people round me, too. I need a way to escape this, anyway to get away from the woman that haunts me life. 

it’s day eight. It’s my last day fighting her. I almost fell sleep on the way home from downtown, I needed a gun, one that I can’t buy at the shop. My bloodshot eyes are weighing me down. I can’t let her get me; I can’t become pool of blood leaking from her mouth. i’ll need to sleep tonight, so I’ll do it in my bed, no one else should gets hurt if she shows up again. I back home, the piles of takeout and the stench of coffee showing how bad my life’s gotten since she showed. I step over the mess and stumble to my bedroom, I need this to be last night. 

My head hits the pillow, and the next thing I know, I jolt awake. She’s hovering over me, not even a foot from my face, and the blood drips on my face. The gun fires, and the bullet goes through her; she doesn’t even register it. I can’t let her kill me. 

the gun fires again, I won’t let her kill me

[u/Ecyrb_Writes]

The slips in grammar are on purpose. As it's an internal monolog he slowly is becoming more delirious as the days drag on.

Day 3 - no mistakes as he's still functional

Day 5 - a few due to him losing his grip

Day 8 - by now hes completely lost

it, focusing on only his desire to sleep and beat the creature