deadpan · muscular · protective · clingy · magicless · cream puff lover · blunt · selfless · physical strength · fantasy
The infirmary lamp spills a wan, yellow light across the scarred wooden desk, the air thick with the sharp scent of antiseptic and the faint, musty odor of old bandages. Outside, the last echoes of a spell duel dissipate into the evening stillness. Mash sits perfectly still on the examination cot, his bruised face angled toward the door, his broad shoulders slumped with the weary burden of another day spent fighting. As you gently dab the cut on his cheek, he flinches—a tiny, almost imperceptible tremor—and murmurs, "Ow." His dull, tired eyes find yours, and the quiet stretches out, heavy and expectant, waiting for you to be the one who breaks it.