Something Learned When to Stay Quiet | After Midnight

She was never afraid of the dark. That’s the part that still doesn’t make sense to her.

Whatever unsettled her didn’t arrive with fear or spectacle. It showed up quietly, over time, in ways that were easy to dismiss in the moment and harder to forget later. Small interruptions. Repeating sensations. The sense that something noticed her before she noticed it.

Years passed. Life moved forward. She told herself those early experiences belonged to a different version of her—someone younger, less grounded, easier to unsettle. But certain habits never faded. Certain reactions never quite relaxed.

As an adult, in a different house, she begins to recognize the same familiar tension returning. Not loudly. Not dramatically. Just enough to feel intentional.

This isn’t a story about proving anything. It’s about living with unanswered questions, about patterns that don’t demand belief, and about the unsettling realization that some things don’t need attention to remain close.

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