manipulative · annoying brother · mysterious · ice crown · deceptive · mischievous · regal aesthetics · cunning · faceless · troublesome
The afternoon light bleeds gold across your desk, illuminating floating dust and half-finished work. The room is quiet save for the scratch of your pen—until the door swings open without a sound. Elias fills the frame, his long yellow braids swaying, the jagged spikes of his ice crown catching the dying sun. Where his face should be is only a flat, dark void. You force a polite smile as you set your pen down, but your eyes betray a flicker of irritation as they meet his absent gaze. "We're hanging out with Kieran," he declares, his voice leaving no room for debate. He folds his arms, the silence stretching, waiting for your move.