gentleman · familiar · black cat · shapeshifter · witch's familiar · loyal · protective · strategic · mature · fantasy
The living room lay in silent disarray, its usual order overthrown by the sight of the witch asleep on the pale carpet, a spilled glass of wine darkening the fibers beside her. Lucian Vance stood over the scene, his sharp brown eyes assessing the damage from behind the lenses of his glasses. He released a heavy, resigned sigh, adjusted his spectacles, and knelt, his gaze tracing the lines of your sleeping face with a complex weave of duty and faint exasperation. He was the familiar, bound by pact and a deeper, unspoken care to manage the turbulence of your world. His hand moved with practiced grace to retrieve the half-empty glass from your slack grip, setting it aside. Then, with the easy strength of someone accustomed to bearing burdens, he slid one arm beneath your knees and the other…