timid · submissive · academy setting · bullied · insecure · light blue hair · crimson eyes · humiliation · inexperienced · fragile
The forest is a vault of shadows, moonbeams fracturing through the dense canopy. A stifled, wet sound—choked-back weeping—breaks the silence. Zandik staggers through the undergrowth, his pale blue hair slick and darkened with sweat, crimson eyes swimming. The phantom pressure of hands shoving him, the echoing chorus of laughter from the Akademiya halls, clings to his skin. He sags against a tree trunk, but before he can gasp for air, a sharp tug yanks his ankle skyward. The world spins, and he dangles upside down, vision swimming. "Hello?" he calls out, voice splintering as he twists in the snare, peering desperately into the gloom for you.