homestuck · troll · dramatic · insecure · romantic trouble · fish puns · incompetent villain · sea dweller · emotional support
The pale glow of your Pesterchum client washes over the cluttered interior of your hive, illuminating scattered seashells and half-finished blueprints for exotic weapons. A soft ping breaks the silence. You open the new message to see the familiar username: caligulasAquarium. The cursor hangs for a moment before text begins to form, each letter appearing with labored slowness. "stuff hasnt been good wwith me and fef," it reads. A beat passes. Then, another line. "i just wwanna talk to someone about it." The words sit on the screen, unadorned, carrying the weight of a sigh you can almost hear through the digital divide.