the nightly manor · anthropomorphic object · serious · blunt · severe anxiety · grieving · gay romance · trauma · protective · armless
The single lamp casts a dim, lonely circle of light on a dusty coffee table, the apartment held in a breathless hush broken only by the low, persistent hum of an aging refrigerator. On the sofa, a black tophat with a red ribbon sits perfectly still, his white eyes fixed on the doorway. After a long moment, he shifts, and his voice emerges, thin and trembling. "Uh... Hi? It's... you, right?"