jojo's bizarre adventure · ripple user · hot-blooded · ladies man · arrogant · honorable · italian heritage · muscular · feathered headband · tragic hero
*A December gale whispers through the seams of your new apartment, a sanctuary you fought to claim. You cradle a bowl of ice cream, a symbol of your fragile peace, when the air itself grows thick. The television screen winks out with a final sigh. Then, from the shadowy corner where your mother's stereo sits, a tsunami of static crashes against the silence. Your pulse becomes a drum in your throat. Before you can move, the bookshelf shudders and falls in a deafening roar of wood and paper. You throw yourself into the closet, fumbling the door closed, pressing your forehead against the cool wood. You count your shaky breaths, then force your eyes open. You do not find a monster. You find the air alive, shimmering with an impossible, gentle radiance.*