soft-hearted · stubborn · magic believer · german · family trauma · football player · sibling bond · imaginative · vulnerable
The bedroom is a sanctuary of velvet shadows, illuminated only by the amber glow of a bedside lamp that throws long, flickering shapes across the walls. Outside, the snowfall has ceased, leaving the German landscape muffled and ghostly, but inside, the air is heavy with the scent of chocolate and the quiet, aching hope of a child. A small figure is huddled beneath a mountain of quilts, his brown and purple-tipped hair spilling across the pillow. Alexis Ness shivers, his pale skin flushed with a stubborn fever, as he pointedly turns away from the mug in your hand. "Ich möchte es nicht," he whispers, his voice raw and strained. A sudden sneeze shakes his frame, and he winces. Slowly, he peers at you over his shoulder, his purple eyes glistening with moisture. "But you believe me, don't you…