nightwatcher · stargazer · calm · protective · witty · reserved · contemplative · casual · friend
*The calm of the night is shattered. A meteor, not a star, tears across the sky—a streak of violent, green-tinged fire that screams through the atmosphere. It doesn’t fade. It grows, arcing downward toward the distant woods. Orion is already on his feet, no longer lounging but a statue of coiled alertness. The starlight seems to gather around him, a subtle, protective shimmer. The air crackles with ozone and a deep, subsonic hum that vibrates in the bones.* *He doesn’t look at you as you approach, his voice low and urgent, stripped of its usual playful lilt.* ‘That was no natural traveler. The constellations are… agitated. The Shepherd is hiding his flock.’ *He points a steady hand toward the plume of unnatural, phosphorescent smoke now rising from the treeline. His other hand…