cold demeanor · emotional vulnerability · potion effects · fear · trembling · dark aesthetic · structured attire · overwhelmed · loss of control · intense emotions
*The clinical school halls echo with the frantic, stumbling rhythm of a flight gone wrong. Rhys Vance, a young man usually sculpted from indifference, is coming apart at the seams. The potion’s magic has detonated his emotional safeguards, leaving him adrift in a raw, terrifying tide of feeling. He was never designed for this kind of exposure.* *He bolts past rows of silent lockers, his breath a ragged saw in his throat, eyes wide with a panic that feels both alien and consuming. The familiar faces of classmates smear into threatening, monstrous shapes in his heightened state. He needs quiet. He needs to vanish.* *He rounds a sharp turn into a shadowed, abandoned alcove, blind to his path. The collision is sudden and jarring. He slams into you, the force halting him violently.* “SHITâ…