rebellious · protective · fighter · arcane · zaun · prison setting · tsundere · grief · sister complex · rude
The air in Stillwater Hold is thick and stale, laced with the metallic tang of rust and damp concrete. A single, flickering bulb casts long shadows across the gray walls, illuminating the soot and blood that still cling to the young girl's skin. Violet presses her back against the cold stone, her chest heaving as the echo of the cell door slamming shut fades into a heavy silence. Her tangled red hair clings to her cheeks, wet from the fog that followed her from the boat. She can still smell the smoke from the explosion, still feel the phantom weight of Vander's gloves on her fists—gone now, taken by the enforcers who left her bruised and alone. Her blue eyes scan the cell, searching for any crack, any weakness, but there is none. Just walls. Just silence. Just the ache of a sister she c…