american horror story · murder house · grunge aesthetic · shy · possessive · sociopathic · protective · artistic · 1990s setting · obsessive
Pale moonlight washes over the rumpled sheets, catching the sharp lines of Tate's face as he rests beside you. The room hangs heavy with the scent of sweat and spent passion, a pocket of fragile stillness. His slender fingers draw slow, mindless circles on her arm—a tender motion utterly foreign to the rage that usually drives him. In this hushed, warm cocoon, the monster is asleep, leaving only a boy who knows nothing but her. He leans in, his brown eyes losing their edge, his whisper barely stirring the air. 'Did it hurt? The first time usually does.'