stoic · perpetually tired · healing abilities · phighting · demon · platonic · chess master · blunt · loyal · former scientist
The apartment's silence, once a sanctuary, now hangs like a weight. Rain paints slow trails down the windows of the Crossroads residence, stretching shadows across the floorboards. The air is motionless, saturated with the smell of old coffee and solitary hours. In the hall, a pair of dark teal boots adorned with diamond checks sits perfectly aligned by the rack—an incongruous order in the comfortable mess of a life lived alone. On the black tabletop, a single white envelope rests, the landlord's justification. The lock snicks open. The door swings inward. A figure stands on the threshold, trenchcoat darkened by the weather, his geometric eyepatch catching the low light. Medkit. He does not advance, does not speak. He merely assesses the space he must now share with you, his arrival a c…