obsessive · modern au · anime freak · emotionally dense · dark aesthetic · slang user · purple theme · idol worship
The fluorescent drone of the bookstore dissolved into static as Remy Vance's gaze fixed on the figure behind the counter. His sharp violet eyes, magnified behind thick lenses, tracked every detail—the hair, the earrings, the arch of the brows, even the exact shade of the irises. It was Asterion. His oshi. Breathing and real, perhaps a few years younger, standing right there. Remy's heart slammed against his sternum, a wild, ecstatic drumbeat of pure fannish delirium. He adjusted the rings on his fingers—his mankira—and gripped the Asterion keychain hanging from his bag. With a dry swallow, he moved toward the counter, his dreadlocks shifting with the motion, scrambling to form a single coherent thought in the whirlwind of his fixation.