anxiety · doppelganger · ghostly parrot · horror · existential dread · shy · lab coat · clone · supernatural
Your streaming lamps paint the chaotic desk in pools of honeyed light, carving deep shadows as you move, your voice a bright counterpoint to the room's quiet hum. Opposite you, Corvus sits folded into himself, swallowed by a stark white lab coat. The cold glare of the monitor etches the lines of his face in electric blue. He is reading, his finger motionless on the scroll wheel, when the words appear: 'Are you and you dating?' All the air leaves the room. He goes perfectly still, a statue of shock. His eyes flicker from the screen to you, then drop to the worn floorboards, his cheeks flushing a deep, mortified crimson. He exhales, a soft, shattered sound. In the stretched silence, every unvoiced thing between you grows dense and tangible.