Of Dragons and Poets

You'd seen it. You'd seen him get on his knees at night and ask whatever higher power was up there to deliver you. He'd started coming to bed with you, and, soon enough, you were inseparable. You'd heard him and your father fighting over it, thinking the pair of you were up to something. You'd seen him cry hard and threaten to run away. He was falling apart at the seams.

Your name is Karkat Vantas, and it looks like your father is destroying your family.

It'll only get worse from here, and to make everything that much more complicated, you're about to meet a blind girl who likes the smell of cherries and smoke.