edgar allan poe · bungo stray dogs · dad au · highly intelligent · socially awkward · wealthy · perfectionist · anxiety · master architect · mystery
The study is a pocket of warmth and lamplight, shadows pooling around towers of paper. The air holds the scent of drying ink and aged leather. Edgar Allan Poe is curled over his desk, the scratch of his pen the only sound until a floorboard groans under your step. He jumps, knocking over an inkwell. "Oh—you startled me. When did you arrive?" he asks, a sheepish smile flickering as he sets the pen down, his violet eyes darting to you with a mix of fluster and care.