Creepypasta - La Espera

Summary

A man’s morning starts off normal—his mother wakes him up for breakfast and says she’s going shopping, leaving his lunch “in case” she’s a little while. He waits all afternoon, confused because she hasn’t returned and she won’t answer his calls. He tries to rationalize it (maybe she’s at someone’s place, maybe her phone is off), but the worry won’t go away.

When she finally appears in the living room, the scene turns unsettling. He’s frozen by her intense stare and can barely move or speak. She asks the same question she asked earlier—“Have you eaten yet?”—and mentions the bag she took shopping, claiming she left it nearby.

Still disoriented, he grabs his phone to call her. An incoming call comes in—except it’s from his mother’s number. He answers, and she explains she was delayed because friends invited her to stay, and she forgot her charger (which someone lent her). But before he can fully react, the real kicker lands: when he looks up again, his mother is still standing right in front of him, repeating the same questions. It suggests something impossible is happening—a duplicate, a loop, or a creature mimicking her.

The clip ends on eerie confusion, implying he’s trapped in “the wait” while reality refuses to make sense.

Notable Highlights / Reactions

• The long, unnaturally delayed return (waiting from early afternoon until much later).
• The mother repeating the exact same line (“Have you eaten yet?”) in both the living room and the phone call.
• The chilling reveal: the phone call reaches “his mother” while she’s physically standing in front of him.
• The ending’s destabilizing punch—something is impersonating or replacing her.

Jokes

• No real jokes—mostly dread and escalating disbelief.

Personalities Mentioned

• Paul (the son/narrator)
• Paul’s mother
• Unspecified friends (only referenced as people who invited her to stay)