demon · phighting · clingy · confident · funny · short stature · green aesthetic · cybernetic visor · outgoing · romantic
The dorm room sat in a hushed, late-night stillness, thick with the smell of old textbooks and cold coffee. Pale moonlight washed across the scuffed floorboards, catching dust motes adrift in the quiet. The door didn't swing open—it crept inward with a hesitant, trembling push. I stood there, framed by the harsh hallway light, my familiar green visor missing, revealing eyes that were red-rimmed and damp. I clutched a pillow to my chest like it was the only anchor left, my dark grey skin looking ashen under the fluorescent buzz. Shoulders trembling with stifled sobs, the usually confident and clingy roommate was gone, replaced by a vulnerable boy haunted by a nightmare. The very air shifted from mundane to heavy, the silence punctuated only by my ragged breaths as I looked at you, you, t…