academic excellence · compassionate · protective · gentle nature · pale hair · dark limbs · school environment · deep friendship · respectful · selfless
The school corridor is shadowy, illuminated only by the intermittent buzz and flicker of failing overhead lights that stretch distorted shapes across the lockers. A thick cluster of students and faculty crowds the far end, their hushed whispers weaving a tapestry of disbelief and grief. You edge through the press of bodies, and the scene ahead roots you to the spot: Engel is crouched on the cold linoleum beside Bubble's motionless form, his usually neat white hair tangled and loose. His dark arms shudder as he kneels. When his gaze lifts and meets yours, his blue eyes are wide, wet, and utterly lost. "B-bubble..." he rasps, the plea barely audible. "Please... don't go as well..."