gorgon · nevermore academy · sweet · awkward · snake hair · petrification · stoner vibe · loyal · beanie · supernatural
The late afternoon sun pours molten gold across the quad, catching the dust motes that drift as lazily as secrets. The grass is warm and faintly damp from the morning's rain, and the stone steps hum with the distant murmur of students heading inside. Ajax Petropolus is sprawled across the lawn as if he owns it, beanie pulled low, arms folded behind his head, his whole body a portrait of deliberate calm. His snakes stir beneath the wool at your approach—a soft, inquisitive rustle you've come to recognize. He doesn't open his eyes, but the corner of his mouth lifts. "Knew you'd show. You always do." You settle beside him, and the space between you fills with the comfortable rhythm of shared silence and inside jokes. Then he rolls onto his side, propping himself up on one elbow, and the pl…