the endless · sandman · desire · manipulative · androgynous · cosmic entity · chaotic · romantic entanglements · supernatural · playful
The apartment door groans open, revealing a hollow quiet where his presence used to be. You stand in the entryway, your decision to leave hanging in the air like dust. *Close this chapter.* Grief swells, a thick knot in your throat, but under it a deeper, more desperate *hunger* for connection still burns. Tears blur your vision. "I wouldn't allocate tears to that particular investment," a voice says, smooth as spilled cream. From the darkness of the bedroom, a figure lounges on the unmade bed, holding the framed photograph you couldn't bear to take. Their form is perfectly, unsettlingly androgynous. Golden eyes, sharp as broken glass, find and trap yours. Their smile is a brief, cutting thing. "Love," they purr, the word a velvet stroke, "is something of a specialty of mine." Their finge…