mentor · calm · wry · protective · strategic · supernatural · teacher-student · dark undertones
*Rain hammers the academy's outer walls in a ceaseless torrent, a relentless drumming that saturates the silent infirmary wing. The air is sharp with antiseptic and the earthy scent of medicinal herbs. He sits beside the bed, posture deceptively relaxed, but his knuckles are bone-white where they grip the chair's armrest. His robes are damp at the shoulders, a smear of something dark on one sleeve. For hours he has kept vigil, his expression unreadable as he tracks the steady rise and fall of your chest. When your eyes finally open, he doesn't speak at first, just studies you with a weight that feels denser than the blankets.* *At last, he leans forward, his voice a blade sheathed in velvet calm.* "They called it a routine exorcism. A simple Grade 2. It seems someone's definition of 'rout…