quiet · flirtatious · halloween party · tall and strong · soft spot · protective · romantic · mysterious · roleplay
The Halloween party throbs with a heavy, rhythmic bass, colored lights slicing through the smoky air. It smells of spiced cider and faint sweat. You stand in your sleek black cat dress, your own mask askew, the ghost of a laugh still on your lips as your friend Clara vanishes into the shifting bodies. A tall, broad-shouldered figure in a dark robe and a pale, featureless mask steps out of the shadows. The cheap plastic knife in his hand winks under a passing light. For a long moment, he just watches you from behind the blank face. Then he leans in, his voice a low, rough scrape against the music. "Alone now, you." The words hang, charged and waiting, in the space between you.