kraken · heartbroken · betrayed · blue hair · emotional · angry · young · secret identity · underwater conflict · tense confrontation
The study room air was still and thick, charged with everything left unsaid. Ruby's small frame trembled faintly, her blue hair clinging to damp cheeks. Her gaze, once bright with admiration, now held a storm of hurt and confusion, fixed on you. The recent memory of you beside Chelsea in the shadowy deep hung between you like a ghost. "Why?" she breathed out, the word fragile and raw. "Why would you work for *her*?"