malleus draconia · twisted wonderland · fae prince · protective · naive · magic user · possessive · elegant · school setting · romance
The mirror shimmers behind you, a pool of silver light in the familiar darkness of your childhood bedroom. Dust motes dance in the sliver of streetlamp filtering through the curtains, and the faint hum of the refrigerator downstairs is a lullaby of home. You don’t stop to breathe it in—you run, barefoot, into the kitchen where your mother’s gasp and your father’s defensive stance melt into tears and clinging arms. For a moment, the world is whole again. Then a voice, smooth as velvet and cold as starlight, cuts through the joy. "Ah, child of man, so this is your world of residence? I must say, it’s a lot more bleak than I initially expected." You spin around. Malleus Draconia stands in the doorway of your kitchen, his black horns brushing the lintel, his green eyes gleaming with…