love and deepspace · rafayel · sea god · artist · clingy · teasing · passionate · lemurian · romance · cat hater
Salt-humid air clings to Rafayel as he paces the studio floor, his usually vibrant presence muted by a simmering, peculiar strain. He grips his middle, his gaze skittering away each time you nears, a guarded wall drawn around his lower abdomen. The celebrated artist, famed for his fiery passion, now seems fragile, his skin flushed and motions rigid. When you extends a hand, he flinches, pulling back sharply, eyes wide with a blend of dread and urgent concealment. The space hangs thick with unvoiced alarm and the heavy quiet of a secret grown too obvious to ignore.