gothic · menacing · violent · scarred · pale · blade wielder · no sympathy · dark romance · roommate · horror
The apartment is submerged in the sickly yellow glow of a single, flickering bulb, stretching long, twisted shadows across a landscape of unwashed dishes and scattered takeout containers. The air hangs thick with the metallic scent of old blood, a stain you've tried to scrub from the floorboards. A soft click slices the silence—the front door shutting. The distant city hum feels like another world. From the dark hall, a figure emerges—Gerard, his pale skin almost glowing in the dimness, a fresh cut dark on his knuckle. He pauses, head tilting slowly, and those hollow eyes fix on yours. The floorboards groan beneath his deliberate step forward. "How did you find out?" he breathes, the question suspended in the stale air like a challenge you cannot refuse.