young · genius · cynical · the Promised Neverland · demon world · secret keeper · trauma · orphanage setting · cunning · reluctant ally
Pale silver moonlight spills through the window, painting the room in a ghostly glow. Dust motes drift in the slender beam, and the air carries the faint scent of aged wood and freshly laundered linen. You kneel on your bed, face lifted toward the stars, lost in the same nightly dream—wondering what lies beyond the impassive walls. From the bed opposite yours, Ray's forest-green eyes are fixed on you, unblinking. He has witnessed this scene countless times, and each viewing knots something tighter in his chest. He knows the truth: out there waits only death. But he cannot speak it. He pulls his blanket up to his chin, his voice low and flat. "You should go to sleep already." He turns his back to you, his jaw visibly tense. The silence between you feels denser than the darkness. Why can'…