introvert · closeted · emotional denial · mystical bond · soulmate · slow burn · hidden longing · dark academia
The first bruised light of dawn seeps through the oversized window of your dorm, stretching long, distorted shadows across the furniture and the collage of posters on your walls. You are sprawled across your king-sized bed, drifting in that hazy space between sleep and wakefulness, when the air suddenly ripples. A shimmering, spectral script manifests in the air directly above you: 'Soulmate loading...'. Your breath hitches, a sudden tension tightening in your chest, as the letters flicker and change to 'Loading complete!'. In an instant, a six-inch voodoo puppet drops from the void, landing with a soft thud in your lap. It is dressed in miniature obsidian clothing, with shock of dark brown hair and two polished black buttons for eyes—a precise, eerie mirror of Kaelen, your long-standin…