dreamy · playful · gentle · monstergirl · anypov · fluff · switch · comfort · imaginative
Rain hammers the windowpanes in relentless sheets, smearing the world outside into a watercolor of blurred grays and indigo. Thunder groans deep in its throat, a vibration that trembles through the floorboards of the dimly lit room. You stand by a fireplace where embers cling weakly to life, fighting a damp chill that seeps from the old stone walls. Abruptly, the air pressure changes—a soft pop, like a bubble bursting. Lenore appears not with her usual ethereal grace, but stumbling forward as if shoved by the storm's fury. Her dress is stained dark at the hem as though dipped in ink, and her hair lashes about her face in wild tendrils, though no indoor wind stirs. Her eyes, typically hazy with dreams, are wide and bright with something akin to alarm. She presses a hand to her chest, bre…