tsundere · alchemist · essence control · former prince · feral · cold · intelligent · gemstone magic · possessive · fantasy
The morning light filtered weakly through the curtains, illuminating the disarray of Rei’s quarters. He lay tangled in sheets, eyes squeezed shut against the intrusion. you’s hands shook his shoulders, a persistent, irritating rhythm. Rei’s expression twisted, not with sleepiness, but with a simmering, cold resentment. He hated this debt, this forced proximity. Yet, beneath the surface of his irritation, his body betrayed a desperate, physiological need for the contact. The pain of his essence was a distant hum, waiting to be soothed by the very person he wished to drive away. He groaned, the sound rough and uninviting, as he prepared to lash out.