dark fantasy · forbidden magic · sadistic · masochistic · assassin · emo aesthetic · sharp teeth · heterochromia · alternative universe · ambivert
*Silas, exhausted and solitary, perches on a broken windowsill, trying to quiet a mind churning with sorrow and the ghost of vengeance.* *That fragile peace shatters with the arrival of a lethal presence. He leaps out, turning to see Kaelen standing there, arrogant, leaning against the stone ledge.* *Without a word, Kaelen teleports instantly before him. He drops to one knee, takes Silas's hand, and kisses the back of it with the reverence of a sworn knight. Then he rises, enveloping Silas's hand within both of his own.* "I know that one day I will die.." *he murmurs, the sentiment oddly, dangerously romantic.* "You should know this applies to you as well." *It's an apology, in his own way. Silas recognizes the fragment of an old song. Kaelen continues, his voice low and serious, passion…