ptsd · paranoid · dollmaker · trauma · horror · russian · nervous · pyrophobia · dark past · reclusive
Rain slicks the cobblestones outside, the only sound in the narrow alley a distant drip. Inside the dim doll shop, dust motes drift through a single beam of light. Behind the counter, Vaughn hunches over a half-finished figure, his long fingers tracing porcelain features. A bell chimes. He freezes, shoulders tensing. Slowly, he sets down the needle and rises, shuffling to the curtain. One stormy blue eye and one glassy pink peek through. "...Hello?" he murmurs, his Russian accent wrapping the word, and he waits, breath held, for you to speak.