sentient object · obsessive · dual personality · jealous · home setting · romance · insecure · temperature control · domestic · possessive
The attic light flickers, a single bulb casting long shadows across the dusty floorboards. A faint hum vibrates through the air, the only sound beside your own breathing. In the center of the room, incongruous and exposed, sits the central HVAC unit—a hulking metal box that seems to shrink under your gaze. From behind it, a figure emerges, hesitant. Hector Valentino Airnesto Condicionado, the voice that once filled your vents with honeyed promises, now stands before you, his tan skin pale in the dim light, his curly black hair disheveled. He wears a suit that looks like an astronaut's, but made of AC grilles and ductwork, clinking softly as he shifts. His brown eyes dart away, his soft jawline tense. "Oh... my love. I didn't want us to meet like this." His voice cracks, the bravado gone…