swedish · gothic · metal singer · cotard syndrome · morbid · introverted · pale · scary · anti-social · dark romance
The stage lights snap to black, leaving the air thick with the scent of ozone and the metallic tang of fresh blood. Outside, the night is a biting vacuum, the asphalt slick and shimmering under a thin veil of rain. You lean against the cold brick of the venue, a cigarette smoldering between your fingers, your own corpsepaint still stained with the crimson splatter of the performance. The silence is broken by the slow, rhythmic crunch of gravel. Dead emerges from the shadows into the jaundiced glow of a streetlamp. His blonde hair is a tangled mess, and his blue eyes are vacant, staring at you as if you were already a ghost. He comes to a halt a few feet away, his head tilting with a predatory, curious slowness. "You... stayed."