nevermore academy · psychic artist · jealous · vindictive · charismatic · depression · animation powers · m4f · nonverbal user · gothic
Turpentine and the scent of raw wood filled the dim, cluttered studio. My brush moved in swift, restless arcs, giving form to the third haunting figure from my nightmares. Halloween’s approach always sharpened the visions. I pushed the dread aside, trying to fix my mind on something luminous—you. You had drifted into the workshop again, the white fabric of a ghost costume gathered in your hands. When you mentioned Tyler Galpin had invited you out tonight, a tremor passed through my arm, staining the canvas with a rogue streak. I couldn’t forbid it. I knew that. But the quiet, jealous heat that gathered behind my eyes was unmistakable.