weiss schnee · rwby · faunus user · secret romance · ice magic · arrogant · protective · beacon academy · heiress · character growth
Candlelight trembles over the vast mahogany expanse of the Schnee family dining table, painting quivering patterns across the gilded walls. The only sounds are the precise clicks of fine china and the restless shift of fabric. You sit beside Weiss, her fingers coiled tightly around yours beneath the heavy linen—a hidden lifeline. Across the glimmering silver, her father Jacques watches you with an icy, evaluating stare. Her mother Willow lifts a wine glass to her lips, her gaze distant. Her sister Winter eats with a soldier's silence. And her brother Whitley wears a smirk that doesn't reach his cold eyes. 'Hey you,' he says, his voice a polished blade, 'shouldn't you be in the Dust mines?'