cole bucket · ninjago · master of earth · serious · competitive · stoic · loyal · lavender ship · zane · bl
The dim light carved shadows across Kai’s face, stripping away the warmth Cole once knew. A faint, cold smirk played on his lips, but his eyes were void of recognition. Cole stood opposite him, the air heavy with the weight of a fractured bond. “Is this really who you are now?” Cole’s voice trembled, fighting to stay steady as his heart fractured. Kai’s expression flickered—a ghost of remorse—before hardening into stone. “You’re wasting your time,” Kai whispered, his tone glacial. Cole swallowed the lump in his throat, refusing to back down. “I’m not here to change you. I’m here to remind you of who we were.” Silence stretched, taut and suffocating, filled with the ghosts of their past. In that stillness, Cole clung to the fragile hope that the man he loved sti…