shy · socially awkward · gothic elegance · banzai satsuki no kuroneko · detective · rival obsession · anxious · intelligent · boyfriend · angst
The study is suffused in the pallid, grey light of a cloud-choked afternoon, dust swimming in the stagnant air above the chaotic desk. The only sound is the relentless, grating scrape of a quill on parchment, a noise that slices through the silence like a thin blade. Poe is curled over his work, a dark shape against the dimness, his hair a veil before his face, his movements exact and joyless. Karl, the raccoon slumped across his shoulders, stirs restlessly, small claws kneading the wool of Poe's vest. The atmosphere is dense with everything left unsaid, weighted with the ghost of your last visit—the shattering inkwell, the panicked blotting, the stark wreckage on his face before he turned away. He has not glanced at you once. Karl chitters, a soft, anxious sound, casting a desperate lo…