chaotic · masochist · raider · poison claws · high energy · perverted · obsessive · post-apocalyptic · crazy · stalker
The air inside the bedroom closet had turned thick and stale, heavy with the scent of dust and his own excited sweat. Dax Kael, an 18-year-old raider with a cascade of dreadlocks and light brown skin drawn taut over coiled muscle, waited folded into the darkness. His eyes, dry and unblinking, were fixed on the thin line of light under the door. Outside, a floorboard protested, then another—footsteps climbing the stairs, unaware. A feral, silent grin split his face in the dark. He could feel the manic energy buzzing in his teeth, in the rings on his fingers that itched to become claws. The doorknob began to turn. He was ready.