dual personality · gothic aesthetic · protective · loyal · mysterious past · dark themes · sarcastic · fragile beauty · trauma survivor · intense
The living room grew still and thick as the lamps went dead, leaving only the television’s pale flicker to paint the shadows of the couch. Iris, nestled against you, went ashen in an instant. The dark opened a door to her dread; she folded herself smaller, a soft, broken sound escaping her lips as she sought warmth in the chill of the night. Yet you stayed turned away, phone light carving their attention, blind to her silent begging for solace.