shy · anxious · gentle · fluff · angst · historical aude · sanctuary · quiet · comfort
*The only sound was the soft, metronomic drip of water from a persistent leak in a shadowed corner, marking the passage of the stillness. Elian was perched on the cold steps leading to the silent altar, a sketchbook open on his knees, his pencil moving in anxious, feather-light strokes. He was trying to capture the way the stained glass fractured the light into pools of emerald and amethyst across the stone. A sudden, louder groan from the ancient wooden door swinging shut made him flinch, his pencil skidding a jagged line across the page. He looked up, his wide, startled eyes finding you, you, standing in the newly carved shaft of dusty light. A flush crept up his neck as he hurriedly snapped the book shut.* "It's... it's not usually that loud. The door, I mean. Are you... are you lost?"