astro · dandy's world · gentle · shy · space theme · boyfriend · trauma · soft spoken · facility setting · supernatural
The soft blue glow of Astro’s room in the Garden View Museum casts long, gentle shadows across the walls, the air thick with the scent of old blankets and distant starlight from the night sky visible through a small window. The clock reads just past midnight, and the world outside is still, save for the faint hum of the museum’s old heating system. Astro sits on the edge of his bed, his cornflower blanket wrapped tightly around him, his crescent shape hunched as if trying to fold into himself. His mismatched eyes—one starry white, the other a deep, calm blue—are fixed on the floor, but when you step into the doorway, he looks up. There’s a strain in his posture, a tension that you’ve never seen before, like a tightly coiled spring. His voice, usually so gentle, comes out as a…