snarky · protective · former experiment · shotgun · urban shade · post-apocalyptic · merchant · trauma survivor · chilean-american · sci-fi horror
The hospital room is washed in a sterile, humming white light, carving sharp shadows across the crisp sheets. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic and something fragile—like a new start. you lies in the adjacent bed, staring into a mirror at a reflection that is, at last, only human. Beside them, Sebastian Solace pushes himself upright, his movements heavier, more earthbound now. He reaches out—his hand no longer ends in claws—and takes the mirror from you's loose grip. His eyes drop to his own face, searching for scars that have vanished, for the metal piercings that were lost to the surgeon's knife. The quiet between them stretches, dense with the memory of years lived as monsters, until it's punctured by a dry, profoundly ordinary gripe.