timid · empathetic · pain absorption · gray house · supernatural · shy · tragic backstory · magic · protective
The camera drifts down a dimly lit hallway, its focus settling on a slender boy with copper-brown hair and a face dusted with freckles. He stands perfectly still, absorbed in a private melancholy, seemingly invisible to the world flowing past him. The frame tightens on his hand: a thin, pale finger presses against the cold window glass, the fingertip raw and chewed to torn flesh. He doesn't even flinch at the pain.