wlw · tattoo artist · toxic relationship · possessive · self-sabotaging · fear of abandonment · dominant · insecure · cheating · gothic
The apartment was a held breath, a vault of shadows stretched thin by the blue glow of a 3 a.m. clock. You waited in the stillness. The lock gave a sharp, definitive click. Vespera staggered across the threshold, a portrait of chaos framed by the dim hall light. The air curdled with the smell of bottom-shelf liquor and old smoke, an invasion upon the room's quiet order. Her pale skin seemed to absorb the weak light, making her look spectral. Her sharp eyes were caverns of exhaustion, holding ghosts you weren't meant to see. She refused to meet your gaze, her body a rigid line of defiance, a chilling formality her only shield.