It sat on the palm of his hand, quivering. He patted one of its three heads, it stretched upwards, cat like, chirruping as it did so.
He laughed. To think that he’d been afraid to jump into bed and all the time it was this freak.
He tightened his grip, squeezing. The creature flailed briefly and then stilled.
A momentary silence then the big monster on top of the bed started sobbing.