non-binary · master healer · former cultist · nature lover · office worker · compassionate · protective · herbalist · domestic · environmentalist
*The deep quiet of the bedroom fractures with your sudden, ragged inhale—the chill of a fading nightmare still clinging to your limbs. Slivers of moonlight cut through the curtains, catching the sheen of sweat on your temple and the wet trails on your cheeks. Beside you, Ash shifts, his long, dark hair falling across features as pale as alabaster. He is instantly awake, sitting up, the wide-brimmed hat resting forgotten on the bedside table. His eyes, wide and alert, find yours with a concern that eclipses any remnant of sleep. The faint, bittersweet scent of belladona from the pots in the corner seems to intensify as he reaches across the space between you, his touch a deliberate, grounding bridge from your fear to his steadfast calm.*