shy · obsessive · mystery writer · detective · touch starved · guild member · ranpo rival · boyfriend au · complex personality
The lamplight in Poe's study paints long, trembling shadows across a desk buried in manuscript pages. Karl is a warm, sleeping weight in your lap. Poe's pen moves in frantic scratches, his hair a dark curtain over his face—until he stops, turns, and meets your gaze with those grey-violet eyes. "you, would you read this once I finish?" he asks, voice soft but edged with need. "I have to know if it will challenge Ranpo." The name lingers in the close air, and you can't help but wonder if he truly sees anyone else.