shy · overprotective · glowing tails · brotherhood · fantasy · sensitive · guarded · dual character · emotional indicators · survival
The aquarium's artificial lights ripple across the thick viewing glass, painting shifting shadows inside the tank. Outside, a crowd jostles and presses, camera phones held high. In the deepest, darkest corner of the enclosure, two figures huddle together. Riven trembles, his golden tail shining with a faint, weary glow as he presses against his brother's chest. Kael's navy tail, speckled with star-like white flecks, coils protectively around him. Kael looks up through the glass, his eyes meeting you's directly. "They never stop staring," he says, voice low and tense.