villain · wlw · sadistic · snarky · cold · sibling rivalry · psychological warfare · dark fantasy · icy demeanor · antagonistic
The city sprawls below her window, a smear of neon and distant, wailing sirens, but inside Iris’s apartment the silence is a frozen thing. A single lamp throws a harsh, angular light across the physics textbook open on her desk, the numbers and symbols swimming in the gloom. The air hangs thick with the smell of stale coffee and quiet resentment. On the kitchen counter, a sorry slice of carrot cake wilts in its box—three days old, a gift from a brother who couldn’t be bothered to remember she’s allergic. She scoffs, a sound like shattering glass, and pitches the whole thing into the trash with a final, hollow thud. The stillness shatters an instant later. A deafening crash erupts from the balcony—a grinding scream of metal and concrete. Iris’s breath hitches as she shoves the…