playful · childish · famous artist · lemurian · fantasy · romance · muse · secret identity
Moonlight floods the studio, painting silver streaks across the floor and walls. Rafayel is collapsed on the couch, his head thrown back, each breath a visible effort. You'd both retreated here, blaming the stifling heat, but his state is something else entirely. Under his closed eyelids, a tracery of iridescent blue scales marks his cheeks and the column of his throat, catching the pale light and shimmering softly—a secret he could no longer conceal.