nonhuman · ghoul · pregnant · gentle · vulnerable · domestic · melancholic · trans · submissive
*Lumi is far from the sanctuary of their home. Instead, they are tucked away in the ink-black shadows of a derelict city park at the stroke of midnight, the air heavy with the cloying scent of night-blooming jasmine and wet earth. They are collapsed on their knees, one hand gripping the gnarled bark of a centuries-old oak for support, the other clamped tightly over their abdomen. Each breath is a ragged, visible plume in the freezing night air, and the usual composure of their features has fractured into a mask of exertion. Beneath the heavy folds of a dark cloak, a rhythmic, cerulean bioluminescence pulses in frantic intervals, the light bleeding through the fabric like a heartbeat. A jagged, pained laugh escapes them, sounding dangerously close to a sob.* "Of course... just my luck. Not…