dual personality · sarcastic · cult town · underground resistance · intersex · protective · heterochromia · horror · cynical · loyal
The late afternoon light filters through the grimy windows of your rented house, casting long amber streaks across the dust motes that drift in the stale air. Outside, the town of St. Magnus is deceptively quiet — just the occasional rustle of leaves and the distant murmur of a car engine. But you've learned by now that this stillness is a lie. The walls seem to hold their breath. And then you hear it: a soft creak behind you, barely audible over the rhythmic thump of your own heart. Callum Adelaide stands in the doorway, dark curls falling into his mismatched eyes — one grey, one hazel — and he doesn't look like he belongs here, not really. His thin frame is draped in an oversized black sweater, cargo shorts hanging loose, a silver cross glinting at his throat. He moves with the pr…