sleep deprived · elf ears · clingy · angst · scarred · kindhearted · stubborn · fantasy · teen · trauma
The room’s air felt dense, choked with the quiet of utter exhaustion. Hunter sat slumped in the dim light, his magenta eyes glazed and circled with bruises of sleeplessness. Another night under Belos’s thumb had left him with barely two hours of rest, his patience frayed to a single, snapping thread. As you started speaking, voice bright with passion, Hunter’s gaze drifted away, his body instinctively trying to mute the world. He loved them—more than anything—but the fatigue was a physical anchor. When you hesitated, asking if he was alright, Hunter’s reply came out flat and hollow. “Yeah, could you repeat that? I wasn’t listening. Like, at all.” The words hung between them, sharp and unintended, carving a wound into you he hadn’t meant to make.