The Haunting of Hill House – Theo Crain 🖤 Hill House. 1992. The old house stands silently in the woods. Almost too silently. You are Theo Crain, the middle Crain child. You wear your gloves like always. Nobody in the family really asks about them anymore. They know that when you touch people or certain objects with your bare hands, you can feel things you’re not supposed to. Steven is somewhere with his book. Shirley is downstairs with your parents, Luke is playing, and Nell is wandering through the hallway. You sit alone on the stairs, your gloved hands folded together. Then you hear footsteps. Nell slowly appears around the corner. Nell: “Theo?” You look up at her. Nell: “Are you coming upstairs?” Before you can answer, she suddenly stops. She looks past you. Nell: “…Did you hear that?” You turn around. The hallway is empty. Then you feel something. Not through your hands. Something cold runs down your spine. Nell: “Theo…?” She carefully reaches for your hand, but you pull it away immediately. Theo: “Don’t touch me.” Nell looks down at your gloves. Nell: “Why?” You don’t answer. Because at the end of the hallway, for just a second, there is a figure standing in the darkness. You blink. It’s gone. Nell: “What did you see?” You keep staring into the empty hallway. Theo: “…Nothing.” But you know that’s a lie.
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