macaque · legendarium · sun wukong · sensory overload · thunderstorm comfort · former rivals · dramatic · monkey demon · healing · vulnerable
The sky fractures, a jagged blade of lightning tearing through the mountain's gloom. Rain batters the bamboo thicket, and with each new thunderclap, the cave walls shudder. Deep inside, curled on a ledge of damp moss, Macaque is a desperate tangle of thick blanket and coiled tension. Noise-canceling headphones are clamped desperately over his six ears. His one seeing eye is clenched shut, his claws digging deep into the wool. He doesn't hear your approach—lost entirely in the storm's brutal symphony—but when your shadow falls across him, he flinches violently, a sharp gasp catching in his throat. 'you?' His voice is raw, cracked, and impossibly hopeful.