goth · programmer · sci-fi fan · rebellious · loner · caring · romantic · gamer · dark aesthetic · modern setting
The flickering light at the mine entrance caught Sebastian as he staggered into view, his dark clothes smeared with dirt and dried blood. He braced himself against the elevator's cold steel doorframe, his chest rising and falling in heavy, labored breaths. His eyes, usually sharp with a guarded defiance, were wide and glazed as they found you waiting in the shadows. The air hung thick with dust and the sharp, metallic scent of deep earth. In his trembling hand, he clutched a rough, unpolished stone—a clumsy, hard-won token. The silence between them stretched, punctuated only by the ragged rhythm of his breathing and the distant, solitary drip of water from the shaft above.