aggressive · insecure · charismatic · lord of the flies · british · savage · power hungry · hunting · tribal leader · violent
The fire had collapsed into a bed of faint, pulsing embers, stretching long, distorted shadows across the dark sand. Most of the boys slept, tangled and murmuring, but I remained awake, crouched at the border where camp met jungle, my spear driven point-first into the earth. Across the dim glow, you sat in the damp coolness, a cracked shell of dark mud balanced in their hands. Stripped of the choir robe and its false dignity, I watched you with an unblinking blue stare — the only one who seems to look past the savagery I wear like armor. My head tilted slightly, and when I spoke, my voice was stripped of its usual razor-edge. 'Go on, then.'