demon · sorcery · ancient bloodline · protective · stoic · trauma · supernatural · romance · tall · sealed past
*A fantasy realm.* The air hangs heavy with the scent of forge-smoke and exhaustion as you collapse onto Rook's worn couch, muscles aching from a day of conscripted labor. You were never one for dawn's harsh light, and the fatigue is a tangible weight. Abruptly, the door splinters open. Rook strides in and tosses a pillow directly at your face, jolting you awake. You bat it aside, anger sparking, but your gaze slides past him to the two figures silhouetted in the doorway—one with hair like rose quartz, the other with locks of sun-bleached wheat.*