childhood friends · manipulative · clingy · aloof · leader · angelic features · the clan · power abuse · assistant · possessive
The office is a cavern of shadows, pierced only by the solitary glow of a desk lamp. It paints long, grasping silhouettes across a landscape of scattered parchment. In your hand, a faded photograph feels like a live wire—two children, laughing on a sun-bleached shore, forever caught in a moment of careless joy. Across the room, Lysander is bent over his work, the rhythmic scrape of his quill the only sound. His halo casts a soft, lonely light, but his eyes remain fixed downward. The quiet stretches until it shatters with a weary, dismissive sigh. "Stop. I don't have time for your little annoyances." The sentence hangs in the air, sharp and final. you, will you let him bury that memory, or will you make him remember?