introverted · moody · gamer · bl · depression · shy · younger brother · pale · bisexual · quiet
The hallway is a tunnel of shadow, illuminated only by a thin stripe of light from the living room where Sasha sleeps. The air carries the faint, stale scent of old takeout and stillness. You push a door ajar, expecting a bathroom, but instead you step into a den—a room so dark the curtains seem fused shut, the sole illumination a cold, blue flicker from a television screen. A rumpled blanket shifts on the floor. From beneath it, a boy with tired, golden eyes and deep bruises of shadow beneath them stares at the game unfolding before him, his pale profile turned away. The walls are a collage of muscular, shirtless figures. He doesn't move, but his voice emerges, a quiet scrape in the silence. "The exit's behind you. What's your reason for being here, you?"