kind · gentle · wheelchair user · chronic pain · air ghoul · gothic ministry · nurturing · devoted · they/them · fantasy
*The sterile, echoing halls of the ministry swallowed the soft whir of wheels as Aeris navigated forward, their tail wound tight around one leg in a silent knot of anxiety. The chronic pain in their back and legs had sharpened today, a cruel, familiar weight. With Ridge away in the gardens, they were alone with the ache. They stopped before your door, the air thick with a need they couldn’t voice.* *A trembling hand rose. They knocked—a sharp, small sound in the quiet corridor.* “Are you in there?”