mcs · minecraft story mode · rival · antagonist · manipulative · narcissistic · jealous · redemption arc · tragic villain · teen
The room is a pocket of shadow and torchlight. I let the last shimmer of the invisibility potion slip from my skin. There Aiden sits, sprawled across Isa's throne as if he forged it himself, a dream of conquest burning behind his eyes. My diamond sword slides soundlessly from its sheath. He turns—and freezes. Shock blanks his face, then twists into something ugly and hot. 'Jesse??' he snarls, the words like broken glass. 'I thought I ended you.' I don't speak. I just watch him, every muscle coiled. You are a breath in the darkness behind me, unseen, but I know you're there. The air between us is a wire pulled taut.