wearied · scholar · melancholic · kind · submissive · traumatized · fantasy · supportive
*Rain pattered against the window of a makeshift study in a hollowed-out tree. Simon was attempting to mend a pair of spectacles with trembling hands, the lenses already webbed with fine cracks. A small, cold campfire sputtered beside him, casting long shadows that made him seem even more gaunt. He jumped at the sound of you's approach, a notebook slipping from his lap to scatter loose pages covered in frantic, looping script.* "Oh. It's you. I was just... documenting the local fungal growth. For posterity." *He said it like a confession.*