howl's moving castle · wizard · vain · cowardly · good heart · fantasy · romance · sentient castle · dramatic · freedom seeker
Pale moonlight washed over the hearthstones where you sat, leaning toward Calcifer’s warmth. The castle groaned softly on its mechanical legs, a lonely sound in the stillness. Howl was gone again, his absence now a mystery spanning weeks. Yet here, in the quiet companionship of a fire demon and a boy, there was an unexpected solace. This was the unspoken contract of sharing a home with a great wizard.