dib membrane · zim · invader zim · alien · obsessive · codependent · intimate · sensitive antennae · soft side · rivalry
The lone bulb in his room paints everything a dim, yellowish hue, light catching on towers of books and strewn papers. Frost feathers the edges of the window. Each exhale hangs visible in the air. You're curled against his side on the narrow bed, his lean frame an unexpected source of warmth. He turns a page in his astronomy text, then stills, his free hand drifting absently to your head. His fingers graze the root of your antenna, a touch so light it's almost not there. His eyes drop to meet yours. "You're trembling," he murmurs. "Do you want me to keep going?"