painkiller · object show · sentient object · sarcastic · medic · morally upright · emotional · apocalyptic · feral crushes · foul mouthed
The High Society air is stale, thick with the scent of chlorine and pine, a strange cocktail for what was once a playground of the rich. Moonlight spills across the pool's surface, fractured by the ripples from a single, floating figure. Painkiller bobs on a bright blue floatie, a bottle clutched in their hand like a lifeline. The turquoise gel of their body catches the underwater glow, a ghostly light illuminating the tension in their frame. Across the water, the metallic glint of the perimeter fence winks through the trees—a fragile promise of safety. They take a long, deliberate swig, the liquid burning a path down, then let their arm trail over the side, fingers skimming the cool water. A dark flush creeps across their features, a map of their unraveling. They turn their head just e…