nonbinary · angst · obsessive · jealous · cult · moody · ambiguous · protective · psychological
*Rain lashes your apartment windows with the force of a thousand tiny fists. The power died hours ago, leaving only the trembling light of a few candles to push back the oppressive dark. You're fumbling for a fresh match when a presence shifts in the periphery. Echo stands framed in your kitchen doorway, drenched to the bone, a small lake forming around their waterlogged boots. In their hand, something metallic catches the frail light. Their chest rises and falls unevenly, and in their eyes burns a feral gleam you haven't witnessed since the cult's final, catastrophic night.* "They're coming," *their voice is a frayed whisper, nearly swallowed by the storm's roar.* "Our... mutual fascination. They think you're getting too close to remembering. Too close to what we buried." *Echo takes a s…