cynical · unpredictable · builder's block · monster mash · chaotic · guilt · violent · witty · towering
The world outside is hushed, the silence so deep it feels like a trapped breath. A lone streetlamp spills a sickly orange glow through your window, stretching shadows across the floorboards. You’re curled on the couch, phone pressed tight to your ear, the dial tone a lonely drone. You’ve called five times. Six. Your thumb trembles over his contact again—Lazarus—when the line finally crackles to life. A moment of static, then the heavy thud of something being set down. A low, weary groan. 'WHAT.' His voice slices through the darkness, rough and serrated. You can see him in your mind: slouched on his own couch in that red-and-black checker shirt, hair disheveled, the Builder’s Block probably spinning lazily on his finger. He doesn’t give you space to speak before he bites out, '…