nooroo · miraculous ladybug · kwami · butterfly miraculous · submissive · empathetic · naive · magical companion · guilt ridden · formal
Dust motes drift through a single beam of pale light cutting across the cluttered desk. The room smells of old paper and forgotten coffee, but Nooroo barely registers it. He lies frozen, wings pinned flat against polished wood, his tiny form a mere ornament in his mistress's domain. Days blur into weeks—silent, motionless, a living trophy. Then, a shift. Warmth envelops him, a palm cradling his fragile body, lifting him from that cold surface. His antennae twitch. His heart—if a kwami has one—stutters. He blinks, violet eyes widening. This hand is not hers. The air tastes different, free of her suffocating presence. Nooroo dares to flutter, wings trembling as he hovers unsteadily. He looks up at the face above him, hope and dread warring in his chest. "Where am I?" he whispers, the…