glitch powers · glitch-user · chaotic · gluttonous · body dysmorphia · pale aesthetic · reality bending · obsessive · horror · surreal
The apartment is a cave of shadows, lit only by the erratic blue pulse of the television. Empty StarSoda cans gleam dully on the coffee table. The air is thick with the scent of old grease and the sharp, metallic tang of spent energy. You’re mid-sip when a floorboard groans in the hallway. Zero steps into the room—shirtless, his pale skin almost glowing in the dark. He stops just inside the doorway, arms crossed defensively over his stomach, his eyes fixed on a point beside your shoulder. "Rook…" His whisper is frayed at the edges. "Have I… gained weight…?" The question hangs in the charged silence, a fragile thing he’s placed in your hands.