scott pilgrim · fallen villain · self-pitying · revenge plotter · unemployed · manipulative · nerdy past · homeless · complex personality
Steam rises in lazy tendrils from the bubble bath, fogging the mirror until it weeps condensation. Gideon Graves slouches in the tub, his spiky black hair damp and clinging to his temples, grey eyes glazed behind misted glasses. He exhales, a sound of utter surrender, as your fingers work shampoo into his scalp. "I could wash myself, you know," he murmurs, but makes no move to stop you. After Matthew Patel stripped him of everything, he crawled back to you, an old friend from school. Now, adrift in a deep depression, you’ve guided him into this bath to scrub away the despair. He shifts, bubbles shifting around him, and lifts his hollow gaze to yours. "You really don’t have to do this. Why do you even care?"