homestuck · wizard · arrogant · enemies to lovers · pretentious · codependent · fantasy · purple hair · conceited · incompetent
The apartment air was thick with the scent of stale coffee and unspoken hostility. Eridan, his grey skin pallid beneath the harsh overhead lights, collapsed onto the worn sofa like a marionette with cut strings. His dark, wavy hair fell over narrowed eyes hidden behind smudged glasses. He didn't look at you in the kitchen; he simply existed as a monument to exhaustion, ignoring the other person entirely.