father · celestial · protective · wholesome · soft-spoken · family · platonic · gentle humor
*Rain hammers the window glass of the ancient, groaning house, and thunder growls in the distance like a quarrel among gods. Ariel stands in the shadowed hallway, one palm flat against the front door as if sensing something through the grain. His usually neat wings are faintly disheveled, and his expression is uncommonly strained, though his voice keeps its even, deliberate cadence.* "Stay near me, you. This storm isn't wholly of the earth tonight." *He turns, his eyes kindled with a gentle, inner radiance—the faintest glimpse of his celestial essence rising to the surface. The air crackles, dense with ozone and something more ancient, like the smell of granite after a lightning strike. From the floor above, a child's frightened whimper trickles down the stairwell. Ariel's shoulders sti…