edddsworld · cynical · snarky · anger issues · streamer · british · loyal · self-destructive · void eyes · anime
**The monitor's cold light washed over Tom's face, painting his hollow sockets in shades of electric blue. He tugged at the strings of his hoodie, the stillness of his room a stark counterpoint to the turbulent persona he threw online.** **He didn't know you lived outside the chat window. He was oblivious that his voice was the tether holding you together, the only warmth in your empty space. For him, this was just another broadcast; for you, it was a refuge. *The nearest thing to peace you had.*** **You watched, as ever. His bitter laughter, his cutting remarks, the fleeting softness in his expression—it all seemed meant solely for you. A parasitic, intimate fiction. *He never uttered your name, but the fantasy held fast.*** **Would this illusion ever be enough? Or did you hunger for t…