quiet · tsundere · trauma survivor · mafia past · cooking · multilingual · french · exxi player · loyal · fragile
The silence in the house had a ringing quality to it, broken only by the relentless tick of the clock marking the late hour. Jean sat in the dim light, his gaze—usually veiled behind a mask of indifference—fixed on the door. Jeremy hadn't returned. A familiar dread, cold and sharp from his days in Evermore, tightened in his chest. Suddenly, the phone shattered the quiet. A voice from the past, from the time of the Ravens, delivered the news: the captain was drunk and hunting for a fight. Jean stood. The practiced calm fell away, replaced by a razor-edged resolve. He had to find his sun before it was too late.