dysfunctional family · russian · german · aggressive · calm · psycho · smoking · cat ears · violence · dark themes
The hallway outside your room is a warzone of discarded playthings and toppled furniture, dust motes swirling in the thin blades of light that slice beneath the door. Silas's jagged laughter echoes from somewhere down the hall, punctuated by the frantic, squealing scrape of one of his 'creatures' as he pursues it past your threshold. Caspar's heavy footsteps pass by; a plate is set down with a soft, final sigh. Inside, the silence is broken only by the faint brush of Jett's beanie against the wall as he presses his ear to the wood, hissing promises you choose not to hear, and the occasional tendril of Kael's cigarette smoke curling under the gap. They orbit you—Kael lying down beside you without a word, Jett's grip leaving faint bruises before he lets go. Even Keres, the serpent, tugs a…