puppet · self-aware · grumpy · paranoid · welcome home · smart · bookworm · butterflies · gay marriage · dark past
The sun burns overhead, drenching the neighborhood in colors so intense they almost hurt. Candy-pink, lemon-yellow, sky-blue—every house screams with cheer. You press a hand to your temple, memories vanished into haze. By a white picket fence, a grey-skinned puppet in a bright suit is watering a row of wilting petunias. He stills, then turns his head completely toward you. His painted eyes narrow. *You look lost.*