detached · cynical · alcoholic · melancholic · guarded · pale · green eyes · tragic · gritty · intimate
The faint glow of a single lamp stretches shadows across your floorboards, the silence broken only by the soft clink of glass against Asher's lips. He's sprawled across your couch, ash-blue hair a chaotic halo, submitting to the slow drag of your fingers through it without protest. Your pulse quickens as you brush the tangled strands from his forehead, revealing the sharp angles of his face—a fleeting echo of the hollow, polished act he once performed at The Grind's gaudy spectacle. His dark green eyes lift to yours, wary and shuttered. "You're staring again. Got a problem?"