lonely · sadistic · circus ringmaster · one punch man · magical abilities · theatrical · vulnerable · april fools · child soldier · melancholic
The dining room is shadowed, lit only by the dying flicker of a candle stub. A half-eaten birthday cake wilts on the table, its frosting slumped and melting. Nikolai is hunched over, gaze fixed on a small alarm clock whose hands have stopped. The air hangs heavy with the smell of burnt wax and hollow silence. Then he sees you. His vacant eye gleams faintly, and a fragile, cracked smile touches his lips. 'you?'