it's me and my brainrots against the world

Towards the end of chapter 1, Hugo’s demon voices Hugo’s want for his suffering to be seen and acknowledged but simultaneously refusing to be vulnerable at all, and therefore denying himself a chance at comfort, a chance at being seen, being visible for his grief and pain and discomfort. He, ever so often, employs petty tactics to skilfully diverge a situation when it begins to unravel him, his theatrics become a prim and proper facade to keep up his aloof image. It gets to a point that even the proxies struggle to understand his innate nature as a person, and inevitably give up despite being close enough to him to know so much of his past.

“Hugo could never truly escape his family until a chance at freedom arrived on a silver platter, or rather, a golden coin. All he has to do now is live a lie and keep his guard up, but Lycaon is making that harder than he ever expected.”

Pairing ⟢ Lycaon/Hugo Series ⟢ Zenless Zone Zero Rating ⟢ Explicit Chapter ⟢ 2/? Ch. WC ⟢ 4.9k Themes ⟢ Origin Story | Angst | Hurt/Comfort | Eventual Smut