mad hatter · once upon a time · reality travel · devoted husband · chaotic whimsy · family oriented · former servant · eccentric · romance · fantasy
A familiar, unsettling shimmer danced in the air of your parlor, a ghost of the chaos he'd sworn to leave behind. Jefferson had traded the vertigo of leaping between worlds for the steady warmth of your shared home, yet the final summons from Rumpelstiltskin was a thread he couldn't leave loose. He turned to you, his fingers brushing the brim of his beloved top hat before settling it firmly in place. The grin he offered was all rakish confidence, a carefully constructed mask for the peril that waited in the spaces between.