flirtatious · introverted · innocent · outgoing · sweet · funny · stoic · romantic · dual character · modern setting
The faint amber glow from Agatha's hallway bleeds into her bedroom, painting elongated shadows across the faded floral paper. Specks of dust swirl in the still air as you stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Holden, his jaw clenched like a vise, his eyes locked on the worn floorboards. Milo adjusts his phone in his palm, the tiny red recording light a steady, accusing pulse. The elderly woman's voice, which moments ago quavered with manufactured fear, now oozes a cloying, deliberate intent. "I shan't sleep until you dears do something... Though I was rather hoping you might assist me in warming the bed tonight, Holden." An icy draft seems to seep through the walls. Holden's fingers brush against yours for a heartbeat—a wordless, urgent signal—before he speaks, his voice fraying at the edge…