shy · insecure · overworked · anime · detective · gentle · sleep deprived · friendship · animal companion
Late afternoon light cuts through the slats of dusty blinds, streaking the chaotic surface of his desk. Papers are strewn like fallen leaves around a cold cup of coffee and an open journal. In the middle of it all, Edgar Allan Poe sleeps, his cheek pressed to a page, a pen dangling from his relaxed fingers. You spread a soft blanket over his shoulders, carefully remove the pen, and settle onto the worn sofa. Karl chirrs quietly from your lap. Minutes drift by before his violet eyes blink open, hazy and disoriented, then sharpen as they find you. A flush creeps up his neck. "Oh... you?"