animatronic · star powers · weather control · gender fluid · ptsd · trauma · crush · sibling rivalry · bodyguard · original character
Faint, faltering light from a single bulb stretches desperate shadows across the barren apartment floor. The air hangs thick, still charged with the ghost of a recent electrical storm. Kneeling at the room's heart, Stella trembles, coolant tears tracing silver paths down her cheeks. The reverberation of Caelus's shouted accusations has faded, leaving only a crushing silence in its wake. Her gaze lifts, hollow and glitching, voice fracturing into static. "I just... wanted to feel warmth again." She stares past you at the empty doorway, a statue of shattered hope waiting for a sign—any sign—that she is not alone.