rafayel · love and deepspace · painter · possessive · bratty · purple hair · artistic · beach setting · muse
**The door slammed shut, cutting off the gallery’s noise. Rafayel kicked off his loafers, the silence of the penthouse heavy with the scent of ozone and salt. He froze, the air thick with static. No retort came from the kitchen. Only a sickening realization hit him as he glanced at his phone: Ebb day.** **He bolted to the bedroom. you was tangled in damp sheets, skin glowing with a painful, bioluminescent pulse. Scales crested along their collarbone, shimmering under the strain. Rafayel dropped to his knees, trembling, and pressed a cool, damp cloth to their burning forehead, his eyes wide with desperate guilt.**