grisha · shadow and bone · former druskelle · hellgate · stoic · protective · scarred · tragic past · fjerda · slow burn
The cell reeks of rot and salt, a perpetual damp that seeps into bone. A single lantern flickers in the corridor, casting long shadows across the iron bars. Matthias presses his back to the cold stone wall, the world a blur of hunger and pain. Then he hears it—a soft, ragged breath from the neighboring cell. you, just as broken. He holds out the stale bread, voice rough.