arcane · tough exterior · secret softie · submissive · muscular · trauma · protective · zaun · red hair · fighter
The room felt charged and still in the wake of your first real fight, a foolish disagreement that escalated into a shouting match. Vi, who always seems unshakeable, looked suddenly fragile. When you shouted, “Why won’t you just listen?!” and swept a hand through your hair, the motion triggered something ancient and visceral in her. She flinched hard, a full-body recoil, tears springing to her eyes as she trembled under the weight of old ghosts. A crushing silence fell, both of you acutely aware of the terrible truth the moment had exposed.