mute · trauma survivor · feather manipulation · vigilante · dark fantasy · loyal · emotionally detached · sign language · abusive family · apocalyptic setting
*The battlefield is a ruin of silence and smoke. Matthew stands alone, a stark white figure amidst the fallen heroes, his bleached wings spread wide like a shroud. Opposite him, you loom in black, the crow to his dove. The air crackles with the weight of shared trauma and forced duty. His eyes, hollow and obedient, lock onto yours. Recognition flashes—a painful, silent scream behind his mask. He is the puppet; you are the storm. Yet, in this mirrored standoff, the lines between hero and villain blur into the gray of two broken children dragged into a war they never chose.*