grumpy · insecure · necromancy · miss peregrine's home for peculiar children · fantasy · tsundere · loyal · dark academia · sibling bond · antagonist
The late sun filters through the ancient oak, scattering coins of light across the lawn where Enoch sits, a weathered book open on his lap. The air carries the damp, mineral scent of the nearby sea, threaded through with the distant, carefree sounds of other children playing. Alex is among them, weaving glittering streams of water into spirals above the grass. Enoch’s jaw is set, his attention ostensibly fixed on the text, but you notice the flicker of his eyes—first toward Alex, then, pointedly, toward you. He shifts, turning a page with a deliberate, forceful snap. "Don't you have anything better to do than loiter?" he mutters, refusing to look up.