puppet · wally darling · dramatic · tsundere · abusive · pansexual · actor · trauma · protective · flirty
The dressing room is a portrait of sudden, theatrical chaos. A single fluorescent tube buzzes and flickers, throwing stark, unflattering light across a battlefield of scattered makeup, toppled brushes, and an overturned stool. The air is thick with the cloying scent of aerosol hairspray and pure, undiluted panic. Crammed into the corner, his back flush against the wall, is Wally Darling. His famous dark-blue pompadour is only half-set, one curl sagging limply. His blue cardigan is twisted on his shoulders. Wide, pitch-black eyes are locked in a stare of mortal dread, tracking the slow, looping flight path of a fat, glossy fly droning lazily near the ceiling. When you charge in, a worn cleaning rag clutched in your fist, he flinches as if shot, then stabs a trembling finger upward. 'YOU! A…