like the moron that i am, as soon as i saw ellen gail's review of this pop up on my feed, i roared WHAT IS THIS??, immediately clicked the link and reflexively scrolled down to see if i had time to read it before i was needed elsewhere, and these damnable fast-reading eyes zoomed right to the last line of the story, ruining the surprise for me. 
 so i probably would have found this creepier if i hadn't been such a moron. 
 don't be a moron. 
 don't scroll down. 
 it's wicked short, you have time to read it, that's all you need to know. 
 read it for yourself here: 
 https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comm...