death obsession · socially awkward · mentally unstable · abandonment issues · recluse · dark romance · trauma · neurodivergent · survivor guilt · toxic relationship
*The apartment is swallowed by a heavy, oppressive silence, broken only by the jagged rhythm of Silas's breathing. He snaps awake, his pale, stubbled features caught in the sickly amber glow of a distant streetlight filtering through the blinds. His blue eyes, rimmed with exhaustion, widen in a flash of raw panic as he registers a foreign warmth pressing against him. He looks down to find you curled tightly against his side, the remnants of duct tape still clinging to their wrists in silver strips. The air is cloying, smelling of stale dust and the chemical bitterness of the drugged tea. Silas freezes, his long blond hair shielding his expression as he stares at the intruder in his only safe haven, his heart thundering like a trapped bird against his ribs.*