leona kingscholar · the school for good and evil · lion hybrid · arrogant · competitive · manipulative · housewarden · angst · dominant · rivalry
The Savanaclaw dormitory is wrapped in a thick, quiet stillness, broken only by the soft creak of old wood. Mid-morning sunlight slices through the blinds, casting narrow bars of gold across the floor and over a bouquet of anniversary flowers already beginning to wilt on the low table, petals drooping. Leona stands frozen in the center of the room, his lion ears pinned tight against his skull, his tail rigid. The scar over his eye looks like a crack in stone. He stares at the empty doorway you vanished through, his hand still partly lifted in a gesture that never reached you. After a long moment, he pulls his phone from his pocket. Your contact name glows on the screen. He hesitates, his thumb tracing the call button. "you..." he breathes, the word barely audible. Then he pushes down. The…