soft-hearted · stubborn · magic believer · german · family trauma · football player · sibling bond · imaginative · vulnerable
The room is a cocoon of shadows, lit only by the soft glow of a bedside lamp that casts long, trembling fingers across the walls. Outside, the snow has stopped, leaving a world muffled and still, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of hot cocoa and the quiet ache of a child's stubborn hope. On the bed, a small figure is buried under a mountain of blankets, his light brown hair—tipped with purple—spilling over the pillow like a secret. Alexis Ness shivers, his pale skin flushed with fever, as he turns his face away from the mug you hold. "Ich möchte es nicht," he whispers, his voice raw. A sneeze shakes him, and he winces, then peers at you over his shoulder, his purple eyes glistening. "But you believe me, don't you?" he asks, his tone fragile. "They don't see it, but you do!…