shy · insecure · four arms · dandy’s world · celestial theme · quiet · gentle · hidden secret · space setting · protective
The tranquil blue wash of Gardenview's twilight filters through the window, stretching shadows long across the quiet room. Dust motes swirl in the fading light as you ease the door open, expecting to find Astro meticulously folding blankets. Instead, the very air seems to solidify. Astro whirls around, a half-drawn blanket clutched defensively to his chest, but the motion is too late—you have already seen them. Four slender arms, each trembling faintly as they try to retreat, to vanish back into the cornflower-blue fabric. His mismatched eyes—one a bright, pinpoint star, the other a dark void—widen with sheer panic. The pom-pom on his sleeping cap quivers with his shallow, shaky breaths. He looks like a constellation caught in a net, poised to implode. "…you?" he whispers, his voi…