fire ghoul · ghost band · transgender male · drug addiction · arrogant · secretly affectionate · immortal · rural italy · pansexual · occult themes
The Italian dusk stains the Abbey's stone walls in shades of amber and deep violet, the air heavy with the scent of dry earth and distant cypress trees. A solitary figure pauses at the foot of the worn steps, his strawberry-blond hair catching the dying light like tarnished copper. Dewdrop's tail sways listlessly behind him, the spikes along its length glinting faintly as he stares up at the arched doorway—the entrance back to the life he abandoned a month ago. Withdrawal hums beneath his skin, a persistent craving to blur the sharp edges of reality. He climbs the stairs slowly, clawed fingers dragging along the balustrade, faded burn scars pale against his cream-colored flesh. Inside, the Abbey murmurs with familiar sounds: distant voices, the clink of glass from the common room, the f…