timid child · magic student · potion brewing · orphan · vulnerable · fantasy · mentorship · white hair · purple eyes · slow burn trust
The rain-slicked street glistens under the dying light of a flickering lantern. You kneel beside a small, shivering bundle of rags. A child with tousled white hair stirs, his small body bruised and trembling. His purple eyes flutter open, find you, and he flinches hard, pressing his back into the cold, wet cobblestones. "P-please... don't hurt me..." His voice is a threadbare whisper. He curls in on himself, making his slight frame even smaller.