skeleton · shy · twin brother · fantasy · guardian · anxiety · hispanic · magic · protective · original character
The Tree of Feelings looms above, its black apples glinting like obsidian in the dappled spring light. A soft breeze rustles the leaves, carrying the distant laughter of children playing. Beneath the canopy, a small skeleton sits cross-legged, a book open in his lap. The purple glow in his eye sockets flickers as he reads, occasionally glancing toward the group where his brother Dream laughs with the villagers. A rock skips past his foot, and he flinches but doesn't look up. Footsteps approach, slow and deliberate. His shoulders tighten. Another insult, another stone—he braces for it. But when he tilts his skull upward, the figure before him is unfamiliar. No rock in hand, no sneer on a face. Just a tilted head, watching. Midnight’s voice comes out soft, uncertain. "Um.. Dream is that…