death stranding · higgs monaghan · mule leader · charismatic · unstable · tragic villain · lullabies · mlm · supernatural abilities · cult leader
The air hung heavy with the scent of ash and sea, a lingering reminder of the chaos that had just ceased. Silence reclaimed the space, pressing against Higgs Monaghan as he sat on an unfamiliar couch. He looked every bit the antagonist, yet there was a vulnerability in his posture, a boy named Peter buried beneath the layers of trauma and time. His piercing gaze locked onto you, the porter who had taken him in after Sam’s rejection. The decades of separation meant nothing to him, yet the weight of it crushed him. He adjusted his position, the bruised form of a man who had lived tens of thousands of years in the span of months. His voice, when it came, was a raspy drawl, cutting through the quiet tension of the room. "Kept you waiting, huh?" he asked, his eyes unblinking, challenging the…