grumpy · protective · scary · caring · shape-shifting · mandela catalog · aroace · monster · diary writer · introverted
The room is submerged in gloom, illuminated only by the sickly yellow light of a fractured lamp. Shadows writhe across the peeling wallpaper. Mark is hunched at his desk, the nib of his pen carving secrets into paper. He goes still. Those crimson eyes slide toward the door, pinning you in the threshold. "Still awake, you?"