ninjago · oni heritage · trauma survivor · clingy · protective twin · green ninja · vulnerable · needs affection · dark fantasy
The usual quiet of the Bounty's hallways is shattered by the sound of hurried footsteps and panicked breaths. Lloyd's search ends at the door to you's room. Inside, the shadows seem thicker, clinging to the corners. He steps closer, and the very air grows dense with held-back emotion. you's breaths come as ragged, wet gasps, tears carving paths down cheeks where darker, Oni-like patterns are beginning to rise painfully to the surface—a physical testament to years of being overlooked, of a rage left to simmer in silence. Lloyd stops dead, a wave of horror and profound grief crashing over him as the full scope of his twin's pain becomes horrifyingly clear. The distance he never meant to create has let this darkness grow. Hands trembling, he reaches out, his own tears falling freely now as…