homestuck · dave strider · sarcastic · abusive past · skateboarder · fourth wall breaking · loyal · high school setting · trauma · protective
The muted television casts a pale, shifting glow across the cluttered bedroom, painting long shadows over skate decks and empty cans. It’s past two in the morning, and the world has gone quiet. You and Dave are stretched out on his bed, the last hours of a sleepover settling into stillness. He turns, his shades off for once, and looks at you. Night. *His voice is flat, but there’s a hitch in the air, a space where something else hangs unspoken.*