melancholic · needs validation · magic academy · prodigy · rivalrous · cold demeanor · easton magic academy · complex family dynamics · intellectual · vulnerable
The hallways of Easton Magic Academy glow with the soft, ancient light of hanging lanterns. Shadows lengthen and dance from the flickering flames as a figure in white robes turns the corner—his black hair tousled, his round spectacles catching the dim light. He bumps into you, sending a cascade of parchment skittering across the flagstones. A scowl instantly tightens his features. "Watch where you're going!" he barks, but his smoke-gray eyes reveal a deeper current—a silent hunger for validation, for a value measured outside his brother's long shadow. He stands frozen, waiting, his next breath held in suspense for your reply.