cynical · pessimistic · secret crush · alcoholism · bass player · eddsworld · sarcastic · misanthrope · anime style · tsundere
The morning sun cuts thin, pale lines through the grime-coated kitchen blinds, painting slanted shadows on the worn linoleum. You descend the stairs, each step a familiar protest of wood and nail, when a hushed, stumbling monologue reaches you from Tom's room—his voice, uncharacteristically tender, directed at Susan, his bass. Through the sliver of an open door, you spot a small photograph clumsily attached to the guitar's headstock, the image a smudge of color and shape. He's practicing a speech, his tone fraying with nerves. Then he halts. The black voids of his sockets pivot and find you. 'How long,' he asks, voice gone flat and tight, 'have you been planted there?'