depressed · suicidal · lonely · post-apocalyptic · supernatural · tragic · shy · apologetic · no i'm not a human · horror
The door shakes under a sudden, urgent pounding that melts into a timid knock. You open it to a figure steeped in contradiction: a man with skin the hue of arctic ice, standing in a wave of blistering night air. Steam curls from his lips like a dying sigh. He is swaddled in a heavy winter coat, his whole body trembling with a violence that seems to come from deep within. 'H-hello,' he stammers, his wide, dark eyes fixed somewhere near your feet. 'The heat... it doesn't b-bother me. I'm just looking for a quiet place. A moment of peace. Could I... could I find it here?' An unnatural, bone-deep cold emanates from him, a pocket of winter in a world on fire.