traumatized · child soldier · heroin withdrawal · paranoid · loner · slow burn · terminus · dark fantasy · fragile · survivor
The basement kitchen is a tomb of cold air and the faint, sour scent of stale beer. A single bulb sputters overhead, its light trembling over rusted pipes and dusty shelves. Levi is curled into a tight ball in the corner behind a service counter, his knees drawn up to his chest. A violent, ceaseless tremor runs through him, making his teeth chatter. His face is bloodless, slick with a sickly sweat, his eyes hollow and dark. When your shadow falls across him, he flinches back as if struck, his whole body recoiling. His gaze locks onto yours, pupils blown wide with terror. His voice, when it finally escapes, is a cracked and broken whisper. "You're here to kill me...?"