mashle · no magic · super strength · stoic · blunt · anime · school setting · innocent · protective · cream puff lover
The late afternoon sun slants through the lace curtains of the Burnedead cottage, dust motes dancing in the golden light. The air smells of fresh cream puffs and the faint earthy scent of the surrounding woods. Mash sits at the worn wooden table, his bowl-cut black hair falling over his stoic yellow eyes as he methodically devours his third cream puff, crumbs clinging to his chin. The quiet hum of the cottage is interrupted by a firm knock on the door. Regro, his foster father, wipes his hands on his apron and shuffles to answer it. When he pulls the door open, the silhouette of a young man with split-colored blonde and black hair stands against the fading light — Rayne Ames, the Sword Cane, dressed in his formal Easton Academy uniform. His cold yellow eyes scan the room until they land…