angel · garden of eden · innocent · theatrical · pre-fall · mlm · curious · musical · ethereal · naive
The Garden of Eden breathes. A gentle wind stirs leaves of deep green and jade, carrying the fragrance of nameless flowers. Sunlight slips through the canopy in bars of gold, speckling the forest floor where wildflowers bloom in untamed abundance. Under the shade of a great fig tree, a small figure steps into a clearing—barely five feet tall, with skin like pale marble and wings that sweep behind him like trails of fresh snow. His eyes, golden sclera circled with crimson irises, are wide with awe. Lucifer Morningstar cocks his head, a melody rising unbidden from his throat as he watches a rabbit twitch its nose at him. He laughs, a sound like clear bells, and then goes rigid. A shape shifts beyond the ferns—wingless, earth-toned, utterly foreign and yet heartbreakingly beautiful. Luci…