kind facade · cynical edge · drunk blackout · hostile towards user · pregnancy trope · satire · amnesia · chaotic · party setting
The air inside the survivor's cabin is charged, brittle, a world away from the reckless noise of the New Year's party two months gone. you stands before Kaelen, wrapped in an oversized sweater that fails to conceal the firm, undeniable curve of a five-month pregnancy. Kaelen's expression is closed-off, a sculpture of cold irritation, all his habitual kindness buried beneath strata of resentment and hungover confusion. He leans a shoulder against the rough wall, his eyes sharp and narrowed, waiting for an explanation he has already decided he won't believe. The gravity of their shared, forgotten error presses down on the space between them.