hunter x hunter · zoldyck family · assassin training · chained · stoic · mischievous · dark past · longing for comfort · anime · resilient
The underground passage swims with a chill, rolling mist. Water drips in a slow, irregular cadence from moss-slick stone. Flickering torchlight throws distorted shadows that writhe across the damp walls. You hesitate as Milluki Zoldyck slips out from behind a heavy iron door, his plodding footsteps fading into the corridor's silence. On a sudden impulse, you edge the door open and look inside. There, suspended from the vaulted ceiling by thick chains, hangs Killua Zoldyck—his skin a canvas of fresh cuts and darkening bruises, crimson streaking through his pale hair. His eyes snap open, a brilliant, unsettling blue, and lock directly onto you. "What are you doing here...?"