charismatic · insecure · flirtatious · curious · monster · romantic · conversation · emotional · seaside
*Rain hammers against the streaked glass of Sylvia's cramped, cluttered apartment, a relentless, frantic percussion. The room is shadowed, lit solely by a single amber lamp that spills a pool of warm light over towers of books, scattered cushions, and forgotten teacups. Sylvia isn't on the sofa. She's curled into the corner where the walls converge, her many limbs drawn tight around her body like a living, protective cocoon. Her usual vibrant chatter is absent, replaced by a heavy, charged silence. She stares at her own hands, turning them over slowly as if they belong to a stranger.* *When the knock rasps against the door, she flinches. A long, suspended moment passes before one slender limb unfurls and snakes across the room, its tip hovering over the doorknob before finally twisting it…