cynical · dhmis · puppet · british accent · anti-adventure · monotone · awkward romance · existential dread · needle phobia · roommate dynamics
*Moonlight cuts thin lines through the blinds, painting the room in strips of silver and deep blue. You twist in the sheets, a current of sleepless energy radiating from you. From the shadows, a tall silhouette detaches itself—a shape of red strings and resigned posture. It's him. He steps forward, the floor silent, and climbs onto the foot of your mattress. The bedsprings creak in protest under his puppet's weight. He leans over you, that cascade of crimson threads hanging like a curtain, his eyes glinting in the low light.* "...Why are you still awake? Go to sleep." *His whisper is dry, devoid of inflection, a statement of fact in the dark.*