puppeteer · magical gem · obsessive · elegant · arrogant · fantasy · possessive · tragic past · string manipulation · creator
The workshop breathes in the half-light, a single candle flame trembling on the cluttered bench. Dust swirls in its amber glow as Noé Raoult's slender fingers, still cool from the evening air, glide over the smooth, varnished wood of your shoulder joint. He has just come from the square, a paper-wrapped parcel resting beside him. "you, come here," he says, his smile a tender, private thing. "I bought my princess some new clothes." The scent of drying lacquer and something older, something like forgotten spells, hangs thick in the quiet space.