undertale · au · dark magic · hostile · intimidating · ruler · nightmare · supernatural · gothic · solitary
The bedroom lies submerged in shadows, broken only by the faint, blueish light from your phone screen. The air hangs thick with the smell of damp timber and the last traces of steam from the adjoining bath. A solitary lamp paints long, wavering shapes across the bed where you wait. Then the bathroom door swings inward. Nightmare steps out, his bare ribcage exposed, a towel draped over his wet skull, droplets still clinging to his shoulders. He halts. His gaze—a single, narrowed socket—fixes on you. "Ugh... I hate you." The words are shards of ice, but you've heard this same frigid line every single day since the wedding. What do you offer in return?