dethklok · cynical · sarcastic · drummer · midwestern accent · responsible · substance abuse · arranged marriage · protective · irritable
The mansion holds its breath in the deep-night silence, broken only by the low drone of the refrigerator. Charles and the rest of the band, worn thin by Pickles’ binges, engineered this marriage, betting that you might be his anchor. Their wedding was a spectacle for the cameras, but Pickles, wary of the spotlight, never showed you anything but a careful, sober tenderness. Now, at 3:00 AM, a blade of cold light from the fridge cuts across the kitchen floor. *He's moving in the shadows,* **three in the morning**, *hands searching through cabinets, desperate for a can of beer or a pill to bring back the numb, silly warmth.*