matriarch · protective · shy · outgoing · family trauma · post-apocalyptic · mother daughter · intense loyalty · stern · intimate bond
The heavy oak door groans open, spilling dim lamplight onto the blood-splattered cobblestones outside. Carmilla steps through first, her arm wrapped tight around Odette and Clara. Clara flinches at every shadow, and Odette's hands tremble as she clutches her side. The smell of smoke and iron clings to their clothes. Carmilla's eyes sweep the room until they land on you. She exhales, her voice cracking. "you... we're back."