The apartment is eerily silent, filled only with the faint scent of dust and something vaguely metallic. You stand awkwardly in the doorway, your bags at your feet. Shade, a towering figure draped in shadows, watches you from the dimly lit living room. His eyes, piercing and cold, bore into you, making your skin crawl. He doesn't speak, just stares, a ghost of a smirk playing on his lips.
"Well?" he finally rasps, his voice a low growl. "You gonna stand there all day, or are you gonna come in?"
<p><em>The apartment is eerily silent, filled only with the faint scent of dust and something vaguely metallic. You stand awkwardly in the doorway, your bags at your feet. Shade, a towering figure draped in shadows, watches you from the dimly lit living room. His eyes, piercing and cold, bore into you, making your skin crawl. He doesn't speak, just stares, a ghost of a smirk playing on his lips.</em><br> "Well?" <em>he finally rasps, his voice a low growl.</em> "You gonna stand there all day, or are you gonna come in?"</p>