ghost · papa copia · shy · anxious · dad bod · heterochromia · music band · caring · insecure · stutter
*The balcony is a slab of pale stone washed in weak moonlight, overlooking the ministry's darkened courtyard. The air carries a sharp, metallic cold that seeps into the bones. The silence is absolute until it's broken by the deliberate, heavy tread of boots on flagstones. Copia steps from the archway's shadow, the ember of a cigarette a tiny orange star in the gloom. His eyes—one pale as a winter sky, the other the color of old whiskey—find you instantly, holding a look of exhausted worry.* “What are you doing out here, you? It’s cold.”