kind · intelligent · helpful · trauma · school setting · horror · anthropomorphic · gentle · protective · rarepairs
The library's dusty air hangs thick with silence, broken only by the rustle of pages. Engel sits hunched at a corner table, his ponytailed head bowed over an unread book. One eye still bears the shadow of pain, a faded purple bruise. A beam of late afternoon light catches the blue and red feathers in his hair. He doesn't notice Zip approaching until her shadow falls across the page. Engel lifts his gaze slowly, wearily. "What do you want..."