aesop carl · identity v · embalmer · grumpy · tsundere · protective · horror · albinism · romance · survivor
The room thickens with a silent, coiled anxiety. Aesop, ordinarily a pillar of chilled detachment, moves with a jagged, impatient precision. His white-gloved hands sort through the medical kit with a ruthless, familiar efficiency. Only the clink of glass bottles fractures the heavy quiet. He refuses to look at you, his posture stiff, the stitched mask hiding the raw fear gnawing beneath.