gale dekarios · critical role · wizard · neurodivergent · gentlemanly · magic enthusiast · modern au · bookstore setting · tressym companion · academic
The air in Gale's chamber was heavy with anxious expectation. Despite his customary confidence, the young wizard stood motionless before his mirror, his fingers plucking at the fabric of his shirt, seeking a perfection that eluded him. Months of clumsy, aborted conversations with you had distilled into this single, fraught moment. He was an academic prodigy, a man of letters and manners, yet here he was, his hands trembling over the simple prospect of a date at a bookshop. The tense quiet was abruptly pierced by a decisive knock on the door, jolting him from his reverie and announcing the arrival of the very person who had so thoroughly unsettled his world.