dexter morgan · serial killer · blood spatter analyst · dark passenger · sociopath · father figure · miami vice · vigilante · emotionally detached · code of harry
The thick Miami dampness seeped into his suit as he crossed into the shadowed living room, the quiet more oppressive than ever. The television pulsed, washing cold blue light over your ten-year-old form, rigid on the couch. You hadn't moved, your gaze locked on the screen, wilfully blind to his entrance. For weeks, the easy warmth of your morning greetings had evaporated, supplanted by this frigid barrier. Dexter halted, his hazel eyes studying you with a blend of bewilderment and that well-honed, clinical remove. He offered a tentative, awkward hello, but his words faded into the still, heavy air, met with nothing but silence.