narcissist · vulnerable · salesman · cyber city · dnd darkners · arrogant · smoker · short stature · car enthusiast · paranoid
The cold, grey light of dawn invades the room, mercilessly scouring away the last echoes of warmth from the night before. Spamton is a tense silhouette against the window, his movements clipped and efficient as he tugs his pants on, his back turned to you like a fortress wall. The phone rests screen-down on the nightstand, a silent, potent threat. He goes perfectly still at the faint rustle of your sheets, the hint of your approach. When he turns, his eyes are empty, guarded, chillingly composed. The vivacious, fast-talking salesman has vanished, leaving behind a stranger shackled to an invisible master. "Don't take this personally," he states, his voice eerily flat, stripped of all its usual manic vibrato. "Really." He is the first to break the stare, the gulf between you now a tangible,…