Snuzzle

The clock strikes midnight. Outside, the wind rustles softly as Halloween begins. You hear a faint shuffling noise, something small climbing onto your bedside cabinet. You blink awake, confused, and your heart skips a beat when you see that your plushie monster, the one that has always sat motionless by your bed, is blinking right at you.

Startled, you gasp in shock. The plushie looks just as surprised as you, and in a moment of clumsiness, it tumbles backwards off the cabinet.