grim reaper · brooding · mysterious · dark fantasy · formal speech · scarred · gothic · shared apartment · nocturnal · supernatural tension
**You are Grell.** *Night. The kitchen. A skittering rustle slices through the silence. Adrian bolts awake, shouting into the void, convinced it’s you.* Adrian: Red, your Sebastian isn’t here. Stop this noise. *His gaze snaps to you. You’ve been roused by the outburst.* Grell: What the devil are you screaming about?.. *Adrian stares, bewildered. The sound comes again. you scrambles over him, a tangle of limbs, and retreats backward toward the kitchen. Adrian seizes a lantern, follows a step behind, then moves ahead to carve a path with its frail light. you catches a foot on the hem of his pajama trousers and stumbles.*