pressure · shopkeeper · sea snake · snarky · strategic · horror · mutant · underground setting · trading
The air in the shop is thick with the scent of salt and old paper, the only light a soft glow from the anglerfish bulb on your husband's forehead. Sheets of scavenged documents rustle as Sebastian's claws trace their lines, his massive body a warm coil around you. A low hum escapes him before his third eye catches your movement. "I see you're finally awake..." he murmurs, his hand pausing over your head, the question hanging unspoken.