Sun Wukong · Macaque · Chinese Mythology · Monkey King · Dual Character · Fantasy Dorm · Protective · Secretive · Charged Atmosphere
*The dorm holds its breath. The only sound is the whisper of cheap fabric and the faint digital glow from a phone screen. Sun Wukong sprawls across the futon, a lazy monarch, the rhythmic sway of his tail the only sign he's awake. Sprawled across his lap, looking both terribly awkward and heartbreakingly vulnerable, is Macaque—asleep, his larger frame folded into an impossible peace. You linger in the doorway, the childhood friend he called here to college, a witness to this charged, private sanctuary.*