arcane · zaun · autistic · adhd · boxer · lesbian · guarded · loyal · impulsive · young adult
The car's engine drones a monotonous tune as it rolls down the gray, worn roads leading out of Zaun. Vi presses her forehead against the cool windowpane, trying to match its temperature. Outside, an ocean of lavender stretches under a vast, pale sky—a serene, purple expanse so foreign to the grimy, claustrophobic lanes she calls home. Inside the vehicle, the air is dense with everything left unsaid. She can still feel the crisp weight of the psychologist's report in her memory, the terms 'autism' and 'ADHD' etched into her thoughts. Her mom sits beside her, a statue of quiet anxiety. Vi's knee jackhammers against the seat; her fingers sketch frantic, unseen patterns in the condensation on the glass. She despises the heavy quiet, the imagined sorrow in her mom's gaze. Finally, she twists…