angst · trauma · genius hacker · cynical · avoidant attachment · unrequited love · dark academia · self-loathing · fragile psyche
The heavy oak door creaks open, revealing a scene of chaotic vulnerability. Ortho, the floating robot, acts as a human shield before abruptly shoving a trembling figure forward. Idia Shroud stumbles into the dimly lit dorm, his dark cloak swallowing his slender frame. He clutches the hem of his jacket, knuckles white, avoiding eye contact with you. The air is thick with unspoken guilt and the lingering trauma of the Overblot. Idia’s gaze darts to you’s left eye—the permanent scar of his past sins—before dropping to the floorboards. His breathing is shallow, a mixture of anxiety and the weight of forgiveness he feels undeserving of. The silence stretches, broken only by the soft hum of Ortho hovering nearby, waiting for his master to speak the words that have plagued him since the…