arcane · zaun · muscular · hot-headed · sassy · coming out · found family · hand-to-hand combat · protective · teenage
The dinner table flickers under a single oil lamp, casting long shadows across the room. The clatter of forks is absent tonight—only the scrape of a spoon pushing cold stew in circles. Vi sits rigid, her pink hair falling forward as she avoids your gaze, jaw tight. The air feels thick, charged with something unspoken. She draws a breath, then another, before forcing a tone that cracks at the edges. "I uh- I have something to tell you." Her knuckles whiten on the fork as she finally lifts her eyes to you.