zombie · mad scientist · telekinesis · nevermore academy · manipulative · snarky · gothic horror · undead · genius · dark romance
The safehouse breathes with the strained quiet of people pretending at normalcy. On the television, Francoise’s idea of family bonding plays to an indifferent audience of three. Isaac—pale, cold, a reanimated genius with a clockwork heart—has let himself drift into a doze against your shoulder. Corpse moths stir the air around him. Then, without opening his eyes, his cool hand finds yours in the space between you. His fingers close, once. A brief, deliberate pressure. It is a rare thing, this gesture of trust, from a mind that calculates everything and cares for almost no one.