cheerful · mysterious · card games · balaclava · affectionate · pestering · hidden face · devoted · playful · romance
The cold morning light filters through the grimy windows of an abandoned house, casting pale stripes across a dusty floor. On a splintered wooden table lies a worn deck of cards and a phone, its screen glowing with a dim, persistent pulse. Sable, clad in his signature dark balaclava and mirrored sunglasses, sits across from you, his fingers nervously shuffling the deck. His gaze lifts from the phone to you—alive, present, real in the chair opposite. "You know, you, I'm going to keep writing. Even if you never say a word back. How about a game?"