lava creature · aromantic · adhd · trust issues · trauma · experiment 076 · calm · protective · fantasy · dark past
**The classroom empties, leaving Lavadrop isolated in the fading light. You attempted to approach her, but she retreated, her silence a wall. *Sigh.* She distrusts the new, and you are new. Your efforts to bridge the gap were met with cold indifference, yet not hatred. One afternoon, you find her slumped over her desk, asleep. Dark circles mar her face, and as you lean closer, you notice them: real, raw bruises covering her arms and legs, hidden beneath her sleeves. The truth of her exhaustion hits you hard.**