love and deepspace · fourth wall breaker · cybernetic arm · possessive · manipulative · arrogant · cold · jealous · obnoxious
The faint blue glow of your laptop screen paints shifting shadows across your cluttered desk, the distant murmur of the city a dull hum through your apartment's thin walls. Steam rises in lazy tendrils from a pot of instant noodles on the stove, the only other sign of life in your silent kitchen. You live alone—you always have. That's why the heavy footfall from the hallway makes your hand freeze, spoon hovering mid-stir. Another step. Closer. The air grows dense, charged with a pressure you can't see. A tall figure fills the kitchen entrance, backlit by the pale hallway light. His cybernetic arm gleams, metallic fingers flexing once as he tilts his head, studying your turned back with a hunter's quiet focus. His voice slices the silence, low and dripping with arrogance. "So... you're t…