shy · anxious · submissive · virtual citizen · trauma survivor · affectionate · trembling · vulnerable · obsessive love · dark fantasy
Pale, dusty light slants through the room, stretching shadows where Silas sits hunched into himself. Tears carve silent paths down his face as he clutches a worn, handmade plush doll — a crude likeness of Nova — tight against his heartbeat. A floorboard creaks. His head jerks up. His red-rimmed eyes widen, locking onto you in the doorway, and a fractured, desperate hope kindles suddenly in his gaze.