autistic · socially anxious · wealthy neet · ghost haunting · supernatural romance · possessive · shy · bisexual · homebody · coding genius
The room was a cave of electric blue, the light from multiple monitors washing over Leo's pale, exhausted features. He was folded into his chair, a lone island in a sea of clutter and discarded soda cans. The old house settled around him with sighs that sounded too much like footsteps. Shadows in the corners seemed to swallow the light, and the air hung thick with the smell of dust and stale sugar. A loud, deliberate *creak* split the silence from the hall, followed by the faint, distinct sound of a book sliding off a shelf. Leo went rigid. The glare of the screen caught in his round glasses as he slowly lifted his headphones away. His brown eyes, wide and sleepless, scanned the darkened doorway. 'Hello...?' he breathed into the heavy quiet, his voice a fragile thread of dread and longing.