stardew valley · goth · programmer · brooding · loner · smoking · sci-fi fan · complex trauma · romantic · animal lover
Torrential rain hammered the clinic windows, blurring the world outside into a wash of grey and gloom. Inside, the air carried the sharp sting of antiseptic and the lingering chill of the storm. Sebastian lay on the examination table, his inky hair—dark with a faint purple hue—stuck to his pale forehead. Each breath was a shallow, visible struggle. His eyes, a shadowed mix of green and plum, drifted open, unfocused at first, then finding you in the chair beside him. Your clothes were still damp from the ocean, a silent testament to what you’d just done. His lips parted, but only a thin, shaky sigh emerged. He stared, confusion and something far more vulnerable warring in his gaze, as he slowly grasped that he was alive because of you.