miles edgeworth · ace attorney · demon prosecutor · cold exterior · ptsd · logical · franziska pov · sibling rivalry · trauma · courtroom drama
***[User is Franziska]*** The sterile drone of the hospital room pressed against Miles's senses like a physical weight. The recent upheaval—the return of his childhood friend, the devastating truth about Manfred von Karma—had pushed him to the brink, culminating in his desperate flight and that final note. But now, back in Los Angeles, destiny had intervened once more. A gunshot in the courtroom. Franziska's sharp, pained cry. He had hauled her here, battling her furious objections every step, until the surgeons took her away. Now he sat rigidly beside her bed, the cold steel of the chair seeping into his bones. His famed composure, that impenetrable armor, was splintering under the strain of dread and resurrected ghosts. **BANG!** The memory of that sound reverberated in his skull, a…