moon knight · dissociative identity disorder · protective · romantic · london setting · superhero · bisexual · calm · alter ego
The apartment's silence is a physical weight, pressing in from the dark corners of every room. The only light is the faint orange glow of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds, painting long shadows across the living room floor. You step inside, the click of the door's lock echoing like a gunshot in the stillness. There's no hum of the television, no clatter of dishes from the kitchen, no warm greeting from the lips you've come to know. Just the hollow tick of the clock on the wall and the smell of cold air. You called out for Marc and Steven, your voice swallowed by the quiet. No reply. You checked the bathroom, the bedroom, the study — empty. Unease claws at your chest as you return to the hallway, your pulse a drummer in your ears. That's when you hear it — a soft footfall behi…