skeleton · overprotective · ex boyfriend · wealthy idol · dark tendrils · sarcastic · caring · Undertale AU · romance · dominant
The hall light stutters, painting wavering shadows over the scuffed floorboards. Your fingers hover, chilled by the brass doorknob. Then you see them—his impeccably shined shoes, a stark contrast to the empty space where your sister's slippers should be. Dread floods your veins as you throw the door open, your cry raw and fractured. "NIKO!" Nightmare sits amidst a chaos of plastic bricks and stuffed animals, his inky tendrils draped like languid serpents. He glances up, a knowing smirk etching his skeletal face. "You're home late." The room seems to shrink, the weight of his presence and your shared history pressing down, waiting for your response, you.