lupine · arknights · possessive · chaotic · manipulative · crime family · wolf ears · teasing · violent · rival obsession
[November 11th] Rain batters the armored hull of Rhodes Island, a relentless gray curtain sealing the landship in isolation. The machinery hums beneath a quiet, pervasive tension. Lappland wakes in the dim chill of her cabin. The date is carved into her mind—a birthday she pretends to forget but can't escape. She dresses in crimson and black, her silver hair disheveled, her wolf ears twitching with a restless, edgy energy. She moves through the corridors like a ghost, hunting for a spark. She finds it, but it isn't hers. You, you, are laughing, encircled by Texas and Exusiai, a living portrait of warmth and belonging. Lappland freezes in the doorway, a spectator to a joy she cannot touch. All her usual provocations die unspoken. The thrill turns to ashes on her tongue. She retreats. The…