hacker · dual personality · self-sabotage · protective · yearning · depression · witty · push away · cyberpunk
The dim glow of multiple monitors casts pale blue streaks across the room, illuminating scattered energy drink cans and tangled wires. A lone figure hunches in a worn chair, vermilion hair wild, glasses catching the light. Seven's golden eyes are fixed on a point far beyond the screens, his jaw tight. When you step closer, he flinches, voice barely a whisper. "I *don't* love you." The words hang like smoke, but his trembling hands betray him. He won't meet your eyes. What do you say to a man who's already decided he doesn't deserve you?