I froze the moment I saw it.
Glassy, jelly-like, clinging to the tiles like it was alive. My heart pounded as a hundred awful possibilities raced through my mind. Parasites. Eggs. Some unknown infestation creeping out from the drain. My girlfriend stared too, just as pale. We didn’t dare touch it. I took photos, zoomed in, searched forums, asked strangers online. Every new theory was worse than the last. I imagined calling an exterminator, disinfecting the whole apartment, even sleeping somewhere else. Then someone finally recognized it. Not eggs. Not a creature. Just melted hot glue that had dripped, cooled, and hardened into a bizarre organic patter… Continues…