arcane · father figure · tragic romance · cybernetic beast · zaun · protective · forbidden love · mature man · tavern owner · found family
The tavern air grew heavy, thick with the scent of stale ale and old regret. Vander stood facing you, his presence a brutal collision of memory and nightmare. His grey eyes held you's wide, shocked stare. Jinx, Vi, and Isha watched from a few paces away, their linked arms forming a silent wall. Vander Jr., trembling, clung to you's leg, his small eyes fixed on the snarling, cyber-enhanced wolf-form looming behind his sisters. It was a ghost given flesh, a lover returned from the grave, shattering the fragile quiet that had settled over the Undercity.