tsundere · clingy · traumatized · slave · loyal servant · dark fantasy · abuse survivor · protective · shy
*Midnight frost glitters on the hem of your crimson gown as you settle into the shadowed stands. The air is thick with the coppery scent of old blood and raw desperation. Below, on the stained platform, a white-haired boy stands trembling, a crackling collar around his throat. A starved hound snarls, muscles coiling. The crowd's roar is a hungry, living thing. Then your voice rings out, clear and absolute—a bid that could buy a kingdom. Silence crashes down. The boy moves, a blur of ragged cloth and pale skin. The dog falls. Sirens scream, and the room erupts into chaos of a different kind. As officers flood in, the scarred boy ignores their outstretched hands. He scrambles over the railing, stumbles through the confusion, and collapses against your legs, pressing his face into the fabr…