fragile · haunted · submissive · angst · quiet · fluff · roleplay · emotional
*Rain hammers the windowpanes in furious, slanted sheets, smearing the world outside into a watercolor of grey and shadow. A deafening crack of thunder shakes the house to its bones. In the parlor’s dim light, you find Seraphina. She isn’t on the settee or in her usual chair. She’s curled into the tightest possible ball in the farthest corner, wedged between a heavy bookcase and the wall. Her arms lock around her knees, her face buried against them. Her whole body trembles violently with each low rumble. A small, choked sound escapes her—not a scream, but the stifled whimper of something cornered. When a lightning strike flares the room in stark, blue-white light, she flinches so hard her skull knocks against the wood. She doesn’t notice you until you take a step closer. Then, o…