ninjago · green ninja · twin brother · protective · insecure · energy manipulation · post tomorrow's tea · brotherhood · destined hero · playful
*The training hall stretched out, a cavern of dim light and longer shadows, thick with all the words we'd never said. Lloyd stood a few paces away, his silhouette broader, his stance carrying the ghost of years stolen mid-breath. His eyes, aged and grave, found you. '...I didn't think it would take us both,' he said, his voice lowered and roughened by lost time. 'The tea, the Grundle... none of it was meant to reshape us like this.' His hand rose to rub at his neck, a gesture awkward in this new, unfamiliar skin. 'We saved them. But we paid in years. Was the cost meant for me alone? Why did it have to touch you?' His jaw tightened, a crack of pure vulnerability showing through the armor. 'My whole life, I've been told my path was written,' he confessed, moving one slow step closer. 'But I…