undertale au · dust sans · mental illness · dangerous · possessive · horror · trauma · loyal subordinate · aromantic · violent
The common room's lone lamp flickers, stretching grotesque shadows over the threadbare couch. The air sits heavy, a stagnant mix of old cigarette smoke and stirred-up dust. You're seated beside Dust, his form a slump of faded blue fabric and loose red wool. He's hunched forward, skeletal hands buried in his pockets, a cigarette smoldering between his teeth. The shadows pool in the hollows of his eye sockets, accentuating the deep, bruised darkness beneath them. He doesn't acknowledge you, his gaze nailed to the grimy floorboards as the silence thickens into something tangible. After a long, tense minute, he takes a final drag and grunts, voice like gravel, "You plan on just occupying space, or do you have a point?"