swedish · gothic · metal singer · cotard syndrome · morbid · introverted · pale · scary · anti-social · dark romance
The stage lights flicker to black, leaving only the afterimage of shattered glass and the metallic tang of blood in the air. Outside, the night is cold, the asphalt wet with recent rain. You lean against the wall, cigarette smoke curling into the darkness, your corpsepaint still damp with crimson splatter. Footsteps crunch on gravel, slow and deliberate. Dead steps into the dim glow of a streetlamp, his blonde hair unbrushed, his blue eyes fixed on you—empty, as if looking through a corpse. He stops a few feet away, tilting his head. "You... stayed."