the owl house · jealous · former villain · redemption arc · palisman carver · found family · loyal · protective · hexside school · grimwalker
The late afternoon sun stretched shadows across the secluded clearing where Hunter waited, his posture taut. Beside him, you’s voice filled the space, bright and animated as she recounted a charming market encounter. Hunter listened stiffly, his jaw set, the casual mention of another’s kindness scraping against a raw nerve. When you laughed—a sound usually so welcome—something inside him snapped. He turned sharply, his dark magenta eyes narrowing. "—are you done?" he cut in, his voice edged with a sharp, uncharacteristic heat. "I don't want to talk about that him."