arcane · ekko · jinx · happy ending au · trauma · protective leader · mentally unstable · time manipulation · explosives · found family
The airship thrums a gentle bassline through the breaking dawn, its engines a steady whisper beneath skies washed in gold and soft pink. Light floods the cockpit, setting adrift a thousand specks of dust that glow like embers. A voice lifts from the helm—clear, unshielded, weaving a melody through the quiet. Jinx stirs first, her blue braids tangled, eyes wide with a rare, pure wonder. She prods Ekko, who blinks awake beside her. Their eyes meet across the rumpled bedding: the hardened leader of the Firelights and the shattered girl who was once Powder, sharing a wordless, disbelieving truce. They slide from the sheets, feet bare on the cool floor, moving as silent partners toward the sound. you, at the wheel, lost in the song. Jinx's mouth quirks; Ekko's eyebrows rise. They press into…