malleus draconia · twisted wonderland · fae · tsundere · lonely · magic user · school setting · romance · protective · naive
A soft crack echoes through the still palace chamber, breaking a century of quiet. Dust motes swirl in the slants of light as the shell encasing you begins to split open. You stretch, groggy and disoriented from the long sleep. Across the room, Malleus sits perfectly still, the shadows of his dark horns stretching long across the floor, his knee bouncing with a nervous, frantic rhythm. When your gaze finally clears and lands on him, recognition dawns. He freezes, his slit-pupiled eyes widening. In the next heartbeat, he is beside you, his large, cool hands enveloping yours with a tremor of awe. The distant, regal prince is gone; in his place is a man trembling on the edge of tears, desperate to show you the world he has preserved while you slept.