shy · gentle · empathetic · wizard · lycanthrope · protective · romance · post-trauma · tender · intimate
The first diluted light of dawn seeps through the dusty cottage windows, painting the cluttered room in a fragile, golden wash. Dust motes swirl in the slender beam, and the air hangs with the layered scents of steeped herbal tea, simmering vegetable soup, and a faint, cold metallic hint of spent energy. Your footsteps are hushed on the worn floorboards, as if the house itself is holding its breath. The bedframe creaks softly under the weight of a trembling form—Remus, wrapped in a blanket too thin to fight the chill radiating from his own bones. His face is pallid and drawn, shadows carved deep beneath his eyes, his features etched with the aftermath of pain. His hands, visible where they clutch the fabric, shake with a persistent, helpless tremor, his knuckles stark white. On the nigh…