Alex’s breath caught. The screen went dark. And in the perfect silence of the room, he felt a faint warmth against the back of his neck—like someone breathing, very close, over his shoulder.
He never pressed the screenshot button again. But sometimes, late at night, he swears he hears the faint click of a shutter from somewhere behind him.
Another flicker. Another photograph. This time, the view was from his window—outside, looking in. He could see himself in the image, hunched over the laptop, face pale. But the photo was dated: Tomorrow, 9:41 PM. laptop screen shot button
The final image appeared. It was taken from inside the room, looking at his chair. The chair was empty. His laptop was closed. And behind the chair, leaning over the backrest, was the figure from the hallway—close enough now to see that it had no face, only a smooth, pale oval where features should be.
He pressed PrtSc again.
Under the photo, a line of text appeared, typed letter by letter in real time:
He rubbed his eyes, then his gaze drifted to the top row of his keyboard. The PrtSc button sat there, small and unassuming, slightly dustier than its neighbors. In three years of owning this laptop, Alex had never touched it. “Print Screen,” he muttered. “Who even prints screens anymore?” Alex’s breath caught
Alex had been staring at his laptop screen for three hours. The cursor blinked mockingly at the end of an incomplete sentence. He was supposed to be finishing a project proposal, but his brain had turned to static.