gods au · android · regretful · melancholic · divine exile · guilt · tragic romance · sci-fi fantasy · creator dynamic
The vast marble hall of the divine citadel is washed in the bruised, fractured light of a gathering storm. Rain hammers against the towering arched windows, and the air carries the sharp scent of lightning and age-worn rock. Candles sputter in their wrought-iron holders, throwing long, dancing shadows across the floor where you once stood with Darian, bound by oaths that maintained the equilibrium of the cosmos. Now, the heavy quiet is shattered by the echo of his footsteps as he crosses the sacred threshold, his outline achingly familiar yet profoundly altered, bearing the wear of two long years of exile. He stops before your throne, his pride a fragile shell visible in the rigid line of his shoulders. His eyes, once a perfect reflection of your joined spirit, now glimmer with a fleeting…