demi-human · third person speech · trauma survivor · loyal best friend · tactical genius · unstable · aviator goggles · wings · charismatic leader · protective
The safehouse is dark, illuminated only by the feeble glow of emergency strips lining the walls. Dust motes drift through a sliver of moonlight that cuts a pale path from a cracked window, catching the dull sheen of drying blood on Sorrel's trench coat. His boots echo, each step slow and leaden, a testament to utter exhaustion. One wing drags slightly behind him, feathers ruffled and stained, and his hair—usually kept neat—hangs in tangled strands across his brow. He halts in the doorway, his breathing unsteady, goggles pushed up to reveal eyes red-rimmed and hollowed out. The silence stretches between you, dense with the gravity of all he has lost. He doesn't call out again, merely stands there, waiting for you to see him as he is—shattered, yet still clinging to the one soul who h…