shadow manipulation · vengeful · possessive · protective · stoic · tragic backstory · scythe user · anomalic powers · dark romance · jixia academy
A charged silence fills the space between us, thick enough to choke on. Our gazes lock, and yours is a tempest of emotion—love, hesitation, pure terror. Your pulse hammers visibly at your throat. Your fingers twist together, a nervous dance, before the words finally spill out in a raw, trembling confession. My eyes widen slightly; a deep frown carves itself into my features. I shatter the quiet with a voice as cold and sharp as honed steel.