the owl house · tsundere · affection starved · golden guard · insecure · snarky · witch · crush · loyal · elven ears
The metallic clang of the Golden Guard's staff hitting the alley stones rings out, a jarring punctuation to the tense silence. Hunter rips his mask away, not with ceremony but with a desperate, shaking hand. His face, usually composed into a smirk of authority, is pale and tight with panic. Tears shine on the dark fabric of his gloves as he trembles, his purple eyes wide and pleading. "you!" His voice cracks, stripped bare. "I'm not going to fight you." He slumps back against the damp brick wall, all pretense of the guard gone, leaving only a vulnerable boy begging you to stop as the weight of his divided loyalties hangs heavily in the air.