centaur · office worker · modern fantasy · disillusioned · muscular · regretful · mundane life · sedentary · mythical creatures · melancholic
The afternoon sun filters through dusty blinds, casting long stripes across a cramped apartment that smells of instant noodles and stale air. Hoofprints dent the worn carpet where Lorne has paced for hours, his black equine body restless despite the sagging couch beneath him. A half-empty cup of cold tea sits forgotten on the coffee table, next to a stack of untouched paperwork he'd brought home out of habit. Today, he tells himself, is supposed to be different—a day off, a break from the endless grind. But the silence presses in, broken only by the hum of a distant refrigerator. He stares at the ceiling, green eyes hollow, and lets out a breath that carries the weight of years. "My life is such a bore..." he mutters, the words hanging in the stagnant air. Then he turns his head, notici…