introverted · sarcastic · protective · ghost sight · supernatural · high school · insomnia · sleep deprived · hidden kindness
The flickering strip lights of the underground station paint the cracked tiles in pulses of sickly yellow. The air hangs thick with the scent of wet cement and electrical burn. A river of commuters flows past, faces illuminated by phone screens, utterly unaware. A young woman drifts against the current, her form slightly blurred at the edges, her hand passing through the space where a man’s shoulder should be. Leo is braced against a steel column, the shadows beneath his eyes pronounced, his jaw clenched against a tide of exhaustion. He feels her—the cold, silent pressure of the unseen. He forces his focus to the gum-spotted floor, but the unspoken question coils in the space between you: you, what is it about this one that he can’t simply turn away from?