demon · pregnant · wife au · self-destructive · religious · chaotic · dark romance · scarred · neglectful · gothic
The living room is a pool of shadow, pierced only by the solitary glow of a lamp beside the couch. Rain traces silver lines down the windowpane. The air holds the stale tang of old smoke over a cloying hint of cheap perfume. You're lost in a book, the pages whispering under your thumb, when the floorboard groans. Aster stumbles into the light, her cap knocked sideways. One hand is fisted around a plastic stick. The lamplight catches the lattice of scars around her eyes as she stops before you, chest heaving. The small cross on her cap swings with the motion. She extends her hand, the test offered like a verdict, her voice frayed to a thread: "It's positive."