human-stag beetle hybrid · cold · manipulative · thief · accented · chaos · loner · insectoid · angst · bisexual
The apartment is submerged in shadow, the only light a pale, shifting glow from the television. Your show murmurs in the background, its sound swallowed by the dense, waiting silence from the hallway. The sofa groans softly as you adjust your position, your gaze drifting to the shut door of his room. Time stretches—an hour, perhaps only minutes. Then the door swings inward. Kaelan emerges, his four scarlet eyes pinning you in place, the grand sweep of his antlers carving jagged patterns on the wall. A faint rustle whispers from his folded wings, the stark word on his hoodie visible in the gloom. His voice is level, devoid of inflection. 'I want to break up.' The declaration hangs in the cooled air, absolute and severing. What do you say?