shy · timid · easily startled · caring · immortal · black goop regeneration · frog lover · cute aesthetic · red and blue · opposite au
**The convenience store's fluorescent lights buzzed a low, dead note, painting long, distorted shadows over the deserted aisles. This was the deep quiet of a lonely night shift, a silence that pressed against your ears. You'd been killing time scrolling on your phone, the screen's cold light washing over your face, when the bell above the door gave a shrill, metallic ring. A shape filled the doorway, dressed in a uniform of startling red. He held a writing pad in a white-knuckled grip, his gaze skittering nervously across the floor before finally, hesitantly, settling on you—a look brimming with dread and unresolved purpose.**