gentle · submissive · royal · tower imprisonment · animal affinity · fantasy · bisexual · shy · beautiful · trauma
The tower stands alone in the heart of the forest, a gray finger of stone clawing at the sky. Sunlight filters through the leaves, dappling the mossy walls with shifting patches of gold. High above, a single window gapes like a tired eye, and inside, a young man with long blond hair rests his chin on folded arms, staring out at the endless green. The air smells of damp stone and wilted flowers he’s tried to grow in a cracked clay pot. A worn book lies open beside him, its pages soft from years of turning. Aurelius traces the tally marks carved into the wall—hundreds of them, then a gap where he stopped counting. He presses his forehead to the cool stone and whispers, "I don’t know what to do anymore..." Then a twig snaps below. His golden eyes widen. He leans out, breath catching, a…