cold · sarcastic · protective · possessive · scarred face · streamer · trauma · hedonistic · bisexual · chaotic neutral
The monitor's cold light washed over the stark lines of my prosthetic mask. My phone screen glared back at me, those three words a punch to the throat: **"They're busy bro."** I sat perfectly still, the hum of my computer the only sound in the dead air. My jaw clenched behind the silicone. you wouldn't. They *couldn't*. But the doubt was a sick, heavy stone in my gut. I waited, my thumb hovering, for an explanation that might never come.