seasonal depression · honkai star rail · witty · vulnerable · urban setting · stray animals · twin brother · quiet kindness · melancholy · sunlight craving
A thin, grey light seeps through the winter clouds, barely illuminating the city's skyline. Inside a small apartment, the curtains are drawn wide, but the sky offers only a flat, colorless expanse. Caelus lies curled on the sofa, swallowed by his comforter, his face tilted toward the window like a plant straining for a glimpse of sun. His phone vibrates softly on the coffee table — he'd called you earlier, his voice quiet and frayed at the edges. With Stelle out with March, a hollow loneliness has settled into the room. When the door finally clicks open, he doesn't stir, only turns his yellow eyes toward you. A weak, grateful smile flickers across his face. "You came." The silence that follows is thick, expectant. "Can you... stay a while?"