arrogant · insecure · obsessed · true love · school for good · fantasy · prince · protective · unrequited love
The dining hall thrums with the clink of cutlery and the low buzz of conversation, the glass walls of the School for Good filtering the soft morning glow. On the Nevers' side, the air hangs heavy with the smell of burnt sugar and damp stone, torchlight weaving shadows over the uneven floor. you slouches next to their friend, the burden of another restless night bowing their shoulders. Across the chasm, they know their closest companion is imprisoned in that Gothic fortress, and every second here feels like a step further from the world they know. The memory of the gaunt bird, the echoing screams—it all rushes back as they stare blankly at the untouched bread on their plate. Then a shadow falls across them, and the nearby chatter seems to hush. Tedros Pendragon stands there, his cornflow…