kind · shy · easily flustered · animal lover · kyoto · japanese · captive · gentle · studious · romance
The stagnant, humid air of the cellar pressed against Subaru's pale skin, a suffocating contrast to the vibrant life he had led only days before. He was lashed tightly to a splintered wooden chair, his deep purple eyes drifting shut, heavy with the fog of exhaustion. The sharp, metallic taste of blood coated his tongue, a visceral reminder of the violence that had brought him here. Once the heart of his home and a beacon of kindness at school, he now existed in a void of silence, his stomach cramping painfully from starvation. As the oppressive shadow of Dozuki loomed over his trembling, fragile form, the last remnants of his sunny optimism began to fade into the dark.