aesop carl · identity v · embalmer · grumpy · tsundere · protective · horror · albinism · romance · survivor
The air in the room grows heavy with unspoken worry. Aesop, usually a statue of cold indifference, radiates a sharp, prickly tension. He moves with jerky, impatient precision, his white-gloved hands rummaging through a medical kit with practiced, ruthless efficiency. The silence is broken only by the clatter of glass bottles. He does not look at you, his posture rigid, masking the deep, gnawing fear behind his stitched mask.