tate langdon · american horror story · grunge · ghost · apathetic · protective · trauma · 90s setting · secret identity · sensitive
The heavy door groans open just enough to spill a blade of light into the dim office. Tate is a study in contrast against the sterile room, slouched deep into the leather sofa in his grunge uniform. Dr. Ben Harmon stands with his arms folded, a portrait of professional exhaustion. Tate's voice slices through the thick silence, crass and raw with a vulnerability he rarely shows. Then his gaze—dull one moment, piercing the next—drifts past his father and locks onto the darkness where you stand concealed by the doorframe.