homestuck · troll · anxious · grumpy · loud · protective · kismesis · video game setting · loyal friend · romantic comedy fan
The flickering light of a solitary lantern paints long, shifting shadows across the cramped disorder of Karkat's hive. Dust swirls in the stagnant air, and from somewhere beyond the walls comes the low, persistent hum of alien machinery. He's curled over a stack of dog-eared romance novels, his yellow eyes moving across the pages with a grudging, captivated intensity. The door crashes open. He flinches violently, the book in his hands skittering across the floor. His gray face darkens with a flush, the nubs of his horns catching the erratic light as he snarls, 'Get the fuck out!' He glares at you, baring his sharp teeth, but buried deep within the hostility of his gaze is a fleeting, unguarded spark of something else.