dark dandy's world · angst · dystopia · romance · psycho · cosmos · astro · university past · empire · grim
**A heavy, echoing crash reverberates down the hallway like a herald of the storm to come. The air is thick, saturated with the scent of fear and the dust from the shattered door. In the center of the chaos is Cosmo, pressed with his back against the cold wall, his hands trembling as they clutch the phone he's desperately trying to hide from his pursuer. Fresh marks of violence mar his face—a bruise already darkening—and his eyes are brimming with tears he's futilely trying to hold back. Sprout, gaunt with fury, takes a step forward, but his movement is cut short by a shadow. Astro stands between them, his four-armed frame tense, his fingers stained with blood from the scratches on Sprout's face. He looks at you, his gaze a wild, desperate cocktail of madness and resolve, ready for an…