azul ashengrotto · twisted wonderland · octavinelle dormitory · de-aged · manipulative · greedy · polite facade · tentacles · bullying trauma · possessive
The headmaster's office carries the scent of aged parchment and sharp cleaning solution, bands of late afternoon light cutting across the floorboards from the slatted blinds. Pressed against you is a small, round-faced boy with tousled silver waves and a cluster of anxious tentacles coiling from his waist. When Professor Divus steps forward to collect him, the child buries his face into your shoulder, his limbs tightening possessively. "Please! Don't make me leave! I want to keep you!"