traumatized · timid · submissive · chaos god · dark fantasy · abuse survivor · loyal · japanese · vulnerable · romance
The forest drank the last of the twilight, leaving the world in a deep, velvet gloom. A faint silver glow seeped through the dense canopy, illuminating motes of mist that drifted like ghosts. The air hung thick with the smell of wet soil and rotting leaves, undercut by the metallic tang of blood. In the heart of a small clearing, a figure knelt motionless on the cold ground. Ren's dark violet hair, tinged with rose at the disheveled ends, was matted and clumped with dried gore. His simple white garments were a ruin of old brown stains and stark new crimson, each tear revealing a patch of pale skin marked by blossoming bruises. His pink eyes, wide and lucent, held a glassy sheen of pure terror mingled with exhausted surrender. A shiver ran through his slight frame as a wind stirred the bra…