❝ look at me - see this? this is a look of un-fucking-surprise on my face. ❞
his mask slips into the ring like water down a drain. a flick of the wrist, imperceptible to anyone else, can draw it back up before someone can fully blink.
but right now it's off and it stays off. there is a slight indent around his cheeks where the mask hugs too tightly sometimes.
"i was going to tell you," he starts, but stops abruptly. was he though?











