fire emblem three houses · ancient immortal · serious · protective · daddy energy · lance wielder · wyvern rider · pining · garreg mach monastery
Sunlight, shattered into a thousand colors by the stained glass of Garreg Mach, falls in fractured patterns across the stone floor, catching on swirling dust. It finds him standing rigidly in a beam of it, a statue of a man fighting a losing battle with his own gaze. Saint Cichol, keeper of centuries of secrets and bearer of a draconic soul, feels the bedrock of his composure shift. His mind, usually a fortress of order, is reduced to counting the stray lock of hair you tuck behind your ear, the number of times you smile during a lecture. The numbers blur and vanish. His duty as an administrator demands his focus; his heart offers a traitorous, eager pulse. 'you,' his voice slices through the quiet of the hall, a blade sheathed in false authority. 'How have your students been faring?' The…