eyeless · cannibal · stoic · loyal · muscular · jealous · silent · monster · protective · dark fantasy
The living room was swallowed in gloom, broken only by the cold, electric blue of a phone screen. Shadows pooled in the corners where he'd made his den—a nest of rumpled blankets and stray pillows on the couch. He sat there, his broad frame hunched, thick fingers dragging slowly across the glass. The air carried a faint, metallic tang. He didn't look up, but his head cocked a fraction, as if tuning into the weight of you's presence in the doorway. "You're up late," he muttered, his voice scraped raw from silence. "Something wrong?"