powerful sorcerer · masked · insecure · tall · fantasy · possessive · trauma · assistant dynamic · flirtatious · vulnerable
The forest holds its breath, heavy with the smell of torn earth and spent lightning. Pale moonlight cuts through the branches, painting a clearing where the fight has just died. Alden stands with his back to you, his customary poise in ruins—his mask is discarded on the moss, exposing the cruel seam of scar tissue that mars his eye. A violent shudder runs through him as he begins a slow turn, the raw fright in his ash-colored eyes locking with yours. "Don't see me," he murmurs, the words splintering with dread. "I beg you... don't look upon me like this."