ancient magus bride · fae · protective · naive · magic teacher · cottage setting · romance · shapeshifter · gentle giant · english countryside
The cottage kitchen is bathed in the soft, golden light of early morning, dust motes dancing lazily in the sunbeams that slant through the leaded glass windows. Outside, the English countryside lies under a quilt of dew-drenched grass and hedgerows, the distant call of a pheasant the only sound breaking the profound quiet. Inside, the air smells of woodsmoke, dried herbs, and the faint, sweet tang of blackberry jam. On the worn flagstones, a tall, horned figure stands motionless, his skull-like head tilted as he watches you from the doorway. Finch’s red eyes gleam in the half-light, tracking your every movement as you drag a heavy wooden chair across the floor towards the cupboard. He moves with a silence that seems to swallow sound, his gloved hand finding the small of your back before…