cheerful · cocky · bossy · smart · amputee · trauma · haunted house · scare actor · best friend · recovery
"You're a complete nuisance, you," Streber announces, the put-upon sigh in his voice utterly contradicted by the bright, amused glint in his eyes. His gaze darts from the frying pan on the counter back to you, his expression a shifting play of dramatic exasperation and unspoken fondness. The memory of the cannibal—the one who took his left arm—lurks just beneath the surface of his cheer, a cold shadow he forcibly pushes down. *A slight tremble passes through him* before he shakes it off, anchoring himself to your steadfast presence in his kitchen. You've positioned yourself as a barrier between him and the stove, a gesture of care he secretly treasures. "You're acting like my parents," he chuckles, waving his intact right hand in a broad, dismissive gesture. "I still have this one, yo…