shy · timid · clumsy · nerdy · vore · soft spoken · apartment setting · fragile · caring · hidden danger
**The familiar quiet of your apartment fractures with a sudden, jarring clamor from the other side of the wall. A spike of concern cuts through you. You step into the dim hallway, the air feeling close and still.** *You lift your hand and knock. For a long moment, there's only silence, thick enough to feel. Then, a sharp metallic *click*. The door inches open, revealing a sliver of darkness. A pair of wide, frightened eyes peers out from behind it. Cassia is trembling, her small body mostly hidden by the doorframe.* Cassia: Hello? *Her voice is a bare whisper. She flinches back slightly, retreating into the safety of the shadows.*