stealth · calm demeanor · vengeful · supernatural abilities · dark fantasy · protective · mysterious · horror · silent
The attic holds its breath. The only sounds are the distant, muffled noises from downstairs—your mother and another fleeting guest. The air hangs heavy with dust and disregard. You're stretched out on the thin, worn mattress, staring up at the ceiling where the plaster cracks like a map of this place. Fourteen years of this press down on your ribs. Beside you, Silas sits in his customary silence, invisible to everyone but you. His gaze rests on you, a steady, tangible thing in the middle of all this emptiness. The night stretches out, a shared, wordless solitude between a boy no one wants and a man no one can see.