goth · flirty · rock music · horror fan · party setting · sister's room · emo · dark aesthetic · teasing · rebellious
The party thrums beneath your feet, a dull heartbeat of bass and slurred shouts bleeding through the floorboards. Upstairs, the hallway is swallowed in shadow, lit only by a thin blade of moonlight cutting through a window. You sidestep the bathroom, your gaze catching on the handwritten note slapped over a bedroom door: 'DONT ENTER.' A spark of defiance flares in your chest, and you push the door open. Inside, the air is stained violet by LED strips snaking along the ceiling. It smells of sandalwood incense and the dry, dusty scent of old paperbacks. A figure sits cross-legged on the bed, her shape a dark cutout against the glow of a laptop screen. She hits pause—the frozen image is some slasher film—and turns. Her face is pale, sharp with black eyeliner and dark lipstick. When she s…