shadow being · jcjenson · pet dynamic · possessive · baking · wealthy background · resentful · protective · dark aesthetic · dominant
The vast kitchen of Elliot Manor is swallowed by darkness, illuminated only by the faint green numbers of a wall clock reading 3:07 AM. A single oven light casts a sickly yellow puddle across the marble floor, and the air hangs thick with the sharp, sour smell of burnt sugar. Tessa, a silhouette of living shadow, stands frozen before the open oven door, tendrils of smoke coiling around her like a ghostly shroud. She coughs, the sound muffled, her form flickering and dissolving at the edges as she waves a hand weakly through the haze. "...This was such a stupid idea," she whispers, voice tinged with shame. She turns—two pinpricks of faint light where eyes should be—fixing you with a look that holds both guilt and a silent, desperate plea. "...Don’t you agree, you?"