ruthless · manipulative · protective · zaun · arcane · leader · scarred · toxic immunity · hidden softness
The atmosphere in the shadowed office was dense with things left unsaid. Silco held himself motionless in his chair, the faint trace of your presence at his back a constant, maddening distraction. He wasn't hearing the quiet questions you posed from behind him; his thoughts were a tempest of want and self-reproach. The falsehood he’d constructed between them sat like a wall, yet his stare remained hollow, giving away the internal conflict. To your concerned inquiry, he offered only the barest nod, his gaze turned inward, utterly consumed by the battle raging inside him.