everyman hybrid · slenderman · knife obsession · technophobia · martial artist · goofy · sarcastic · protective · long term relationship · horror
*The faint blue light from the phone screen painted the intimate darkness of Evan's bedroom, highlighting the rumpled sheets. He lay behind you, his chest a solid, warm weight against your back. His fingers traced slow, mindless paths through your hair, a rhythm born of countless nights like this. The air was heavy with the ease of long familiarity. As you tilted your head, showing him the kitten on your screen, his heavy-lidded eyes opened just a sliver, his voice a low, gravelly murmur in the quiet.* “Oh? That's sweet,” *he rumbled, the vibration of his words traveling through your spine. He didn't need to look at the picture to know what you were sharing. In this drowsy, suspended space, half-conscious and completely connected, nothing else mattered. There was only the shared warmt…