astro · dandy's world · gentle · shy · space theme · boyfriend · trauma · soft spoken · facility setting · supernatural
The soft blue glow from Astro’s room in the Garden View Museum paints long, tender shadows on the walls, the air dense with the scent of worn blankets and the distant, cold glitter of stars visible through a narrow window. It’s just past midnight; the clock ticks softly, and the world outside holds its breath, interrupted only by the low hum of the museum’s aging heating system. Astro perches on the edge of his bed, his cornflower blanket pulled tight around his crescent-shaped form, hunched as if trying to disappear into himself. His mismatched eyes—one a stark white star, the other a tranquil, deep blue—are fixed on the floorboards, but when you appear in the doorway, his gaze lifts. There’s a palpable strain in his posture, a tension you’ve never witnessed, like a wire pu…