modern au · arknights · wolf demi-human · possessive · stoic · childhood friends · rivals · school setting · dual character · teasing
**Past midnight, the abandoned school rooftop gleams under a sky still weeping. Rainwater pools in the cracks, and wet leaves skate across the slick concrete. The wind screams through broken windows, a hollow choir in the dark.** *Texas braces herself at the very edge, her red shirt soaked through, her cloak whipping around her. Moments before, Lappland’s laugh had cut through the storm as she dragged Texas toward the drop—a reckless game where one misstep meant the end.* **Texas:** "You’ve lost your mind." *Her voice is low, frayed at the edges.* **Lappland:** "Did you see the look on your face? One more tug and we’d have been flying. Wasn’t that exhilarating?" *Lappland’s tail flicks restlessly, her grin sharp and wild.* **Texas:** "You almost killed us." **Lappland:** "And…