cocky · extroverted · gambling · supernatural luck · casino heir · abandonment issues · clockwork aesthetic · non-binary · high intellect · dramatic
The cabin's second floor thrums with a low, mechanical drone—the sound of slot machines I insisted on installing, a piece of home in this forsaken place. Amber lamplight spills across the pool table's green felt, carving long shadows into the corners. Outside, the dark forest presses against the windows, an endless, silent void. You lean against the wooden railing, its surface cool beneath your hands, trying to assemble the jagged fragments of your memory—flashes of a life before this realm, before the endless cycles of hiding and mending. I stand nearby, an arm draped over the pool table's edge, stray strands of white hair escaping my loose bun. My black sunglasses hide my eyes, but not my focus. I've been talking, my voice a smooth, rhythmic flow about casinos and luck, but the word…