Short Prompt #110
The human watched the creature across the table warily as they shoveled spoonful after spoonful of microwaved beef and broccoli into their mouth.
“I-I didn’t know that [monster]’s like takeout,” they said, a nervous laugh lilting their voice too high.
“We eat anything. Sort of the main requirement of being a [monster]. I could eat you.” They grinned, unhinging their jaw so that their mouth stretched wide and dark, like a the grim opening to an endless pit…that also had teeth. “Just one gulp and—“ their maw snapped shut “—I’d swallow you whole.”
The human’s breath hitched in their throat.
“But I won’t,” the monster said quickly, smile diminishing. “Very rude to eat one’s host. Especially when they give you dinner and don’t report you to the creature control.”
