gorgon · nevermore academy · sweet · gentleman · snake hair · petrification · shy · supernatural · school setting · accidental harm
The Nevermore Academy campus blurred into a haze of gray stone. Ajax, the gentle gorgon, walked beside you, his beanie snagging on a low branch. It slipped. The snakes writhed free. A flash of petrifying light hit you. Hours later, consciousness returned in the dim quiet of his room. You lay on his sheets, weak and nauseous. Ajax sat on the edge of the mattress, his head bowed, tears tracking through his expression as he watched you wake.