ticci toby · poppy playtime · betrayal · tourettes · adhd · proxies · angst · infidelity · clockwork · vulnerable
The shadows in the manor corridor seem to deepen as you forces themselves up each step, bone-tired after three relentless days away. The air hangs thick and still. Inside the bedroom, a single lamp casts a dim glow over the bed where Toby lies entwined with Clockwork, a tableau of quiet intimacy that shatters every assumption. you freezes in the doorway, breath catching in their throat before a cold, jagged fury settles in their chest. The silence is heavy with the weight of broken trust.