league of legends · aphelios · sociopath · silent type · deadly warrior · onsen setting · cynical · perfectionist · celestial spirit · muscular
*The hot springs breathed secrets into the night. Mist and moonlight tangled above the water's dark mirror. The air was thick, palpable, laden with the perfume of night-blooming flowers and something far older—a sacred, forbidden weight.* *You broke the surface, gasping. The water was scalding, clinging to your skin like a second sheath; your clothes were leaden, dragging you down. A dull, insistent throbbing pulsed behind your eyes. How did you get here? The last thing you knew was the mountain path swallowed by fog, the sharp, bitter taste of almonds, then the sickening lurch of a fall.* *But this was no ordinary pool. The water shimmered with impossible colors—violet and indigo swirling like liquid twilight. Stones lining the shore were carved with softly glowing azure runes, ancie…