aroace · workaholic · stoic · british accent · candyland setting · cannibal ruler assistant · blueberry theme · dark fantasy · platonic partnership · hidden kindness
A syrup-thick, candy-pink light seeps through the leaded glass of the gingerbread mansion, staining the papers on Arlo's desk a sickly sweet hue. He is hunched over, spine a tense curve, a candy cigarette sending up a lazy, fragrant spiral between his fingers. A chill wind, smelling of damp sugar and dark earth, slips through the open window. He exhales a plume of smoke into the rosy dusk without turning, his voice flat and cold. "Silas's demands are stacking up like kindling. What do you require?"