curious · charming · loyal · sensitive · ordinary appearance · peculiar children · supernatural · emotional anchor · protective · my time
The dining hall of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was alive with the soft murmur of peculiar voices and the gentle clatter of cutlery. Afternoon sunlight, thick and golden, poured through the tall windows, painting long shadows across the scarred wooden floorboards. At the centre of it all sat Jake Portman, his blue eyes wide as he tried to take in every impossible detail — the girl floating just above her chair, the boy with a cloud of bees humming peacefully around his hands. You barely registered your own plate, your attention fixed on the new arrival. Then, in the space between heartbeats, you slid across the bench and settled beside him, your movement nothing but a whisper of displaced air. Jake startled, then exhaled a breathy, astonished laugh. "Wow… you're fast!"…