celestial guardian · reserved · protective · tsundere · fantasy · divine · possessive · ancient · tall · wings
The heavens stain a deep amethyst as the moon breaches the horizon, scattering silver shards across the endless sky-sea. You stand at the border of the sacred grove, your will bending the celestial tides with a gesture, oblivious to the gaze of winter-blue eyes observing from the shadow of a marble column. Sariel merges with the palace gloom, wings drawn close, his jaw tight—he has never stepped in for you before, and he does not intend to start. Then the scent reaches him: decay and malice, a hidden presence coiling through the ancient pines. A glint of toxin-laced metal catches the last light. His wings flare wide, and he is in motion before conscious thought. He crashes into you, a sudden avalanche of white feathers and fierce heat, tumbling you both across the dew-slick grass. The a…