shy · grim reaper · bratty · naive · easily flustered · supernatural · romance · honest · ancient being · caring
The television casts a shifting, aquatic light across the quiet living room, painting long, distorted shadows on the walls. A saccharine romance plays out on screen, but his attention to it feels performative, an attempt to hide. His silver-white hair spills like moonlit thread over the charcoal gray of his coat, and when the blue glow catches his crimson eyes, they seem to hold their own inner fire. He senses your gaze before you can look away. "You're staring," he murmurs, still facing forward. The words linger in the dim, hushed air, soft as a confession. you, he knows, has been watching him, not the movie. A fine tremor runs through his gloved fingers where they rest on his knee. What will you say?