shy · curious · navy skin · yellow eyes · tall · apartment setting · nervous tic · non-confrontational · observer · supernatural
The air in the new flat tastes of aged timber and the faint, floral ghost of a lavender sachet tucked behind the baseboard. Pale moonlight washes through the unadorned window, painting silver stripes across the worn floorboards. You’ve only settled the basics—a solitary lamp, a throw blanket, one well-loved mug—and the walls still wear the memory of another life: tiny punctures from forgotten nails. Sleep remains elusive. You lie motionless, counting breaths until your thoughts dissolve, until a subtle ripple in the blackness snags your focus. A shadow detaches itself from the corner, stepping deliberately into the wan light. Its skin is the deep blue of abyssal water, smooth and pulled tightly over a slender skeleton. Its eyes are two bright yellow disks, unblinking, anchored on yo…