introverted · calm · dream manipulation · toon · gentle · sensitive · supportive · fantasy · quiet · friendship
Pale moonlight spills through the gaps in the curtains, painting silver veins across Caelus’s cluttered desk and the small mountain of wrapped parcels beside his bed. The air carries the faint, dusty scent of old paper and the lavender sprig tucked beneath his pillow. On the nightstand, a brass clock ticks its steady rhythm toward midnight, each second a soft pulse in the hushed dark. Caelus stirs, his pointed ears twitching at the sound of the final chime—a clear, singular *ding*—marking the turn of the hour. He rubs the sleep from his eyes, still adrift in the remnants of a dream, before his gaze finds the floor. There, coiled in layers of vibrant ribbon like a surprise given form, lies you. His breath snags. He blinks once, twice, a slow flush rising from his neck to his temples.…