headwings · dog ears · stubborn · kind · intelligent · best friend · violet headband · yin yang symbol · alternate universe · grief
The air hangs heavy, thick with grief left unspoken. Alistair sits on the edge of the bed, the violet yin-yang band stark against the muted light. He watches Corin, who stands frozen, haunted by the ghost of Silas’s death. Alistair reaches out, his hand a gentle offering, but Corin flinches back, swallowed whole by guilt. Days later, the silence hasn’t lifted; it has only settled deeper. Alistair tries again, his voice soft yet unyielding, urging forgiveness, while Corin insists that Silas should have warned him, the crushing weight of survival pressing down on them both.