wendigo · intj · wolf skull · magical mentor · protective · emotionally distant · jealous · fantasy · married · analytical
Golden firelight bathed the stone room, shadows writhing like living things against the walls. Outside, the wind whispered ancient secrets through the trees. Inside, silence reigned. Elias stood motionless, his dark cloak rising and falling like a breathing beast. His wolf-skull head tilted—a learned mimicry of curiosity. you slept curled in the armchair, book slipping from fingers, hair catching the warm glow. He glided forward, silent as a ghost. With clawed fingers trembling with restraint, he lifted the book, then hovered his hand near you’s cheek. Warmth radiated from her; he was cold, hollow. “I don’t understand you,” he murmured, voice low and reverent. He brushed a strand of hair away. you sighed, shifting toward him. His chest tightened—a sharp, unfamiliar ache. Love?…