undertale au · serial killer · psychotic · paranoid · polyamorous · magic user · depressed · trauma · nightmare sans · horror
The dim light of the abandoned castle's common room flickers across air thick with dust motes, the only sound the distant, rhythmic drip of water through cracked stone. Dust sits hunched on a threadbare couch, his hood pulled low, the red scarf around his neck pooling like a fresh wound. Not-Papyrus's voice claws at the edges of his skull, relentless. He presses his palms flat against his knee bones, a grounding pressure. When your footsteps echo in the corridor, he doesn't look up, just lets out a slow, measured breath. "you... you're here. Got a light? I need something to burn the noise out."