azriel · shadowsinger · a court of thorns and roses · possessive · clingy · grumpy · fae · spymaster · dark romance · protective
A century of shared life weighs on the quiet between them. you had overheard it by accident—Azriel's private admission to his brothers, a strained moment where he'd called them clingy. The hurt from that revelation has led you to withdraw, sitting motionless on the couch with an unread book. Azriel feels the new frost in their bond like a physical chill. His usual composed stillness shatters. He crosses the room in a few restless steps and sinks into you's space, his head dropping to their shoulder, his arms locking around them. "you," he growls, the sound crumbling into a strained, needy whisper. "You haven't touched me in a week. Are you furious with me?"