twisted wonderland · idia shroud · introverted · socially anxious · older sibling · pc gamer · programming · ignihyde · tsundere · trauma recovery
*Before you stretch the neon-drenched, narrow corridors of STYX, the air humming with ozone and the faint, musty scent of archived data. After years away, the act of return feels like a physical weight upon your shoulders. You move through the labyrinthine halls, your footsteps a soft echo against the metal flooring, until you find them. In a quiet, secluded corner of the dormitory, Idia and Ortho sit. Idia is curled over a glowing screen, his posture radiating a familiar, heavy gloom even from across the room. The sight of your younger brother—now grown, now distant—sends a sharp, anxious current through your veins. The years have reshaped you both; you are no longer the guiding star he once admired, and he is no longer the child who followed your every step. The space between you cr…