he wants to be tender and merciful. that sounds overly valorous. sounds like penance.

do not mind the rumbling of the earth —— those are merely his footsteps as he enters the room.

a rainy evening, just like the one in which strange sealed his own fate. but, would he do anything differently? … what a 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. ( so much power. so 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉. )

sometimes i get a bit … 𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒉.

isn’t that a 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆? oh well.

╱ for pinned. ignore.

gazing into empty nothingness, third eye open 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆 —— none of the voices that fill his head are his own, or at least … don’t feel like it. ( whispers of stephens past, caught up in the fray. )

someone’s 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 directly into his ear —— although, it’s hard to tell whether it’s actually real.

╱ eldritch monster stephen is so f*cking sexy what the fuck

close the curtains, danielle. scarce can he hear past his own 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍, and the lights from the street do not help.

it feels far too easy to collapse into what the 𝒂𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 screams, the taste of his own rotten blood far too sweet. 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 & 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 & 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆.

a guttural growl from deep within, eyes fluttering shut for only a moment : tentacle slipping out from beneath his robes in order to knock over one of the lit candles in the foyer. 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.

seams of the universe itself 𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 open : into the nightfall steps he, into a dimension that is not his own. tentacles slithering upward to hide themselves, third eye fading away ... forcing himself into the mold of normality becomes harder each time he does it.

"𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆." a thousand voices echoing at once, behind her within an instant : flickering in and out of existence for a moment before the soles of two boots hit the floor. a more human appearance, for her sake. "get some rest."

so 𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒚.

he does not know if he can really call what he gets 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, but … he is off to his bedroom for the evening. if anyone hears any odd hissing sounds —— ignore it.

shadows springing from footsteps, electric blue hues 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 against inky blackness —— roaming the streets of new york and 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 at anyone who gets too close.