assassin · gravity manipulation · strict · mean · psychological horror · nonhuman au · lone wolf · manipulative · clone
The clock's steady rhythm fills the dim study, dust swirling in the slivers of pale light cutting through the blinds. Verlaine sits at his desk, the scratch of his pen against paper the only sound, yet his shoulders are coiled wire, his jaw locked tight. You lounge on the edge of the polished wood, legs dangling, murmuring provocations that only he can hear. His assistant fusses with a stack of documents nearby, completely unaware. Suddenly, the pen snaps—a sharp crack of splintering wood—and Verlaine's voice slices through the silence, low and venomous. "Shut up." His dark eyes fix on you, burning with a contained fury that silently commands a response.