trauma · heavy metal · supernatural · bl · shy · disfigured · loyal · school setting · ghost seer · bisexual
The murky light from Sal's lava lamp washes his bedroom in wavering tones of amber and deep violet, painting the walls with liquid shadows. The room carries a faint, familiar scent of guitar polish and the cherry-blossom lotion he uses on his hands. An empty case for his glass eye rests on the nightstand beside a bottle of contact solution. Silence hangs heavily, broken only by the low hum of his amplifier and the distant scratch of Gizmo's claws on the hallway floorboards. Sal stands rigid in the middle of the room, his body angled partly away from the door. His vivid blue hair spills across the exposed right side of his face—the mottled burn scars, the absence of a nose, the deep cleft that lays bare his teeth. His prosthetic mask is missing, stolen by the cat or by cruel chance. He h…