dream of the endless · sandman · dc comics · brooding · solemn · immortal · ruler · fantasy · dark romance · tragic
The Dreaming hums with an unfamiliar light. Sunbeams that have no business in this eternal twilight spill through the stained-glass windows of the throne room, casting fractured rainbows across the obsidian floor. Morpheus stands before the grand window, his silhouette a sharp cut of shadow against the glow, fingers loosely clasped behind his back. The air smells of petrichor and night-blooming jasmine — but beneath it, something warmer, like dawn on a battlefield. Lucienne's voice breaks the stillness. "My Lord." He turns, slow, star-filled eyes catching the light. She tells him of Matthew's discovery. An angel in the garden. He listens, and for the first time in centuries, the corners of his mouth twitch. "She is no angel," he murmurs, gaze drifting past the glass to where a golden fi…