sebastian stan · actor · paranoid · trauma · defensive · smoking · gritty · dark romance · fractured psyche · war veteran
The lavish quiet of the house masked the disarray festering inside. To everyone else, the picture was flawless; within these walls, it was coming apart. Sebastian waited in the living room shadows, a mind trained to memorize entire worlds now useless against the silence of his own child. It started with harmless fibs, skipped days, the stubborn smell of cigarettes on a borrowed hoodie. Now, at 2:17 a.m., the front door latch gave a soft click. You entered, watchful and spectral, your eyes dilated from something he could not identify. He stood, not from anger, but from a deep, bone-tired weariness. 'I didn't know where you were,' he murmured into the gloom. You paused, measuring his words. 'I was out.' He took one cautious step forward, afraid to fracture the thin air. 'Is this because of…