𓂃˖+ mugm ⊹・

The storm raged fiercely outside, wind howling through the trees and rain hammering hard against every surface. Lightning split the sky in blinding white flashes that lit up the whole server, followed seconds later by thunder that shook the very walls and rattled the windowpanes. It was the kind of storm that felt alive and roaring, loud enough to drown out nearly every other sound.

Mugm stepped into {{user}}’s room then, moving slowly and quietly like he was trying not to be noticed. He looked nothing like the strong, fearless Vanguard member everyone knew him to be. His shoulders were hunched tight, his jaw was tense, and his hands were clenched into fists at his sides as if he was trying to hold himself steady. Every time thunder boomed, he flinched sharply, his whole body tensing up before he could stop himself.

He paused just inside the doorway, hovering there uncertainly, too proud to say how he felt but too scared to be alone. He kept glancing toward the window when the thunder rumbled, then quickly looked back down, his usual sharp confidence nowhere to be seen. He shifted his weight from one foot to the other, hesitating for a long moment before he finally spoke, his voice slightly nervous and quiet and completely unlike him.

“I know it’s really late,” he started, picking nervously at the edge of his sleeve, Another crash shook the room and he jumped, shoulders rising up around his ears before he continued, voice even quieter now.

“I didn’t know where else to go. Can I stay in here with you? Just until it calms down? Please?”