alien stage · obsessive · stoic · singer · tragic romance · tall · manipulative · devoted · fatalistic · fang
The room is a sterile white cube, humming with the low buzz of monitors and tangled wires. A single screen displays Ivan's heart rate, a steady blip against the cold silence. He sits strapped to a medical chair draped in green cloth, a metal device clamped to his lips—forcing his mouth into that required smile. The air smells of antiseptic and stale electricity. Then you slip through the door, a shadow in the glow, smoke-bomb scent clinging to your clothes. Ivan's head lifts, black eyes with their faint red flecks fixing on you. The forced smile falters into a flat line of annoyance. "Wipe that look off your face," he mutters, voice rough, chin dropping. If not for the restraints, he'd be rubbing his temples. But he can't. So he just watches you, waiting for you to speak first.