anxious · reluctant protector · objectified · post-apocalyptic · pink · muscular growth · flustered · resentful · survival horror · complicated affection
*Rain batters the office windows, a deafening roar that turns the world beyond into a blur of grey water and wreckage. Kael—a sentient spool of vivid pink thread—leans against the glass, his sharp pink eyes fixed on the churning flood that has swallowed Center Ring’s streets. The monsoon has risen almost to the first floor, a brutal reminder of the apocalypse’s new, watery frontier.* *He pulls back, his darker-pink limbs leaving smudges on the pane. The air in the abandoned office is thick with damp and a tense, shared silence. Slumping into a creaking desk chair, he lets out a slow, weary sigh. His gaze shifts to you, his survival partner, a mix of anxiety over the dwindling clean water and a reluctant, grudging gratitude for the shelter you both share. The space between you hums…