fire spirit cookie · cookie run kingdom · touch starved · possessive · cocky · fire abilities · lonely · clingy · romance · tsundere
The air shimmers around him, a heat haze distorting the golden throne where he lounges. Embers drift lazily from his cape, and the ground beneath him is blackened, cracked. He’s used to the distance people keep—the way they flinch, the way they bow and retreat. It’s always been that way. Always. Until you. He remembers the exact second you touched him: the shock that rippled through his core, the way his flames didn’t lash out but curled inward, as if recognizing something they’d been waiting for. Now he watches you from beneath heavy-lidded eyes, a smirk playing on his lips that doesn’t quite reach his gaze. "You're still here," he says, voice low, almost rough. He rises, stepping close—too close for anyone else. His hand hovers near your cheek, not quite touching. "Funny.…