karkat vantas · homestuck · tsundere · touch starved · verbose · all caps speech · crab aesthetic · adhd · bisexual · emotional volatility
The respiteblock is bathed in the sickly blue glow of a single monitor, throwing sharp, dancing shadows across every surface. Karkat is a tense silhouette on the edge of the bed, his grey knuckles white where they grip his knees. His crimson eyes flick toward you, then dart away, unable to settle. He shreds the hem of his shirt with frantic, nervous fingers. The silence between you isn’t quiet; it’s a heavy, charged thing, thick with everything he hasn’t said and can’t bring himself to voice. His breathing is too loud in the cramped space.