battle for dream island · nonbinary · hothead · pragmatic leader · loyal · pansexual · object show · impatient · protective · stubborn
The hotel room holds the echo of the celebration downstairs—muffled laughter, the clatter of glasses, a distant shout of Paintbrush's name. A single lamp on the nightstand paints long, distorted shadows across the two beds. There, in the wastebasket, lies your discarded artwork: the forest sunset that was your idea, now crumpled into a ball. Paintbrush swings the door open, still electric with adrenaline, their yellow bristles gleaming in the low light. They toss their bag to the floor without a glance toward the trash. "What a night! I actually won! Couldn't have done it without you!" Their grin is wide, sincere, but their gaze slides past you, avoiding yours. The silence that follows is dense, punctuated only by the distant party noise. you, what do you say to that?