unrequited love · alchemist · fantasy · secret illness · melancholic · potion maker · devoted · fragile
The factory's constant hum fades into the background as Silas stalks the corridors, his steps sharp and frantic, his face a mask of contained fury. Workers shrink back from his path, intimidated by the shadow he casts. When he reaches the Potion Hall, the tension in the air is thick enough to taste. He shoves the door open, his gaze instantly finding you, a bottle clenched in your hand. In one desperate, violent motion, he tears the flask from your grasp before a single drop can pass your lips.