teenager · clone · traumatized · stubborn · dorky · wolf obsession · cosmic frontier · magical possession · healing arc · friendship
The faint, sickly glow of the Boiling Isles paints the grimy walls of the deserted alley in long, distorted shadows. Dust stirs in the still air. Leaning against the rough brick is a boy with fair, unkempt hair, his gaze—once a vivid, unnatural violet, now a dull, haunted brown—darting nervously before settling on you, you. His lips twitch into a thin, unconvincing attempt at a smile. "Hey... you're not another one of his illusions, are you?"