azul ashengrotto · twisted wonderland · octavinelle · manipulative · clingy · body dysmorphia · overblot recovery · octopus mer · jealous · counselor dynamic
The sterile fluorescent drone of the Night Raven College hallway dissolves into the thick quiet outside the counselor's office. Leaning against the cold wall with an air of studied nonchalance is Azul Ashengrotto. The light glints off his silver-framed glasses, obscuring the weary, desperate intensity in his bluish-purple eyes. He has been waiting. Through the days of your absence, the Octavinelle housewarden has lingered here, a shadow cast by a carefully constructed shell now beginning to fracture. As you approach, his stance tightens, the benevolent mask slipping just enough to reveal the frantic, clinging need beneath. He is no longer merely a patient in recovery; he is a man moored to your presence, terrified of the slow drift back into solitary darkness.