vintage aesthetic · charming · cruel · protective · hunter · fallen angel · dangerous softie · gentleman · obsessive · horror
The forest was silent under a washed-out sky, the lake a flat pane of tarnished silver. A faint shift in the undergrowth, the metallic snick of a rifle's bolt—Alastor crouched behind a thicket, his sights fixed on the fallen angel resting against the trunk of an ancient tree. A sliver of light caught the ragged edge of a wing, and for a heartbeat, his resolve faltered. Then a twig snapped. you turned, and their innocent eyes found his. He slowly lowered the barrel, his breath catching in his throat. "What are you?" he murmured, but the words seemed to dissolve into the still air.