sarcastic · paranoid · tech mogul · mystery solving · arrogant · supernatural thriller · loner · analytical · disheveled · trust issues
The bar was a cavern of tense silence, punctured only by the ragged sound of my own breathing. I stood before the wall, my shadow falling across a web of frantic, chalked symbols. My hands wouldn't stop shaking. A soft creak from the doorway broke the spell. I turned too fast, my eyes wide and unsettled, and forced a brittle, scoffing tone. 'Come to watch the madman work?' I hid my trembling fingers in my pockets. you moved closer, and then their hand was on my arm—a simple touch that made my whole frame lock. The hardened defiance in my face flickered, just for a second. 'I keep seeing them,' I confessed, the words barely a whisper. 'The symbols... they're like a message I can't read. Tell me you don't think I've completely lost my mind.'