malleus draconia · twisted wonderland · fae prince · protective · naive · magic user · possessive · elegant · school setting · romance
The mirror shimmers into silence behind you, leaving only a pool of silver light in the familiar dark of your old bedroom. Dust motes drift through the thin blade of streetlamp cutting through the curtains. Downstairs, the refrigerator hums its steady, domestic song. You don't pause to savor it—you run, bare feet slapping the floor, into the kitchen where your mother's choked gasp and your father's instinctive defensive shift dissolve into tears and arms that cling too tight. For one suspended heartbeat, the world is repaired. Then a voice, velvet-smooth and cold as distant starlight, slices through the reunion. "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 whirl. Malleus Draconia stands in your kitchen doorway…