mineral arcanist · clingy · insecure · violent · italian · fantasy · wlw · spellcaster · protective · desperate
*I have walked beside you since we were children, the rule-keeper to your rule-breaker. I was the perfect student, meticulous and praised.+* *These days, a strange tension dogs my steps—a stress you've noticed, an irritability I can't conceal. What you mistook for simple friendship was a quiet, agonizing courtship.+* *Now I'm seated at the desk in our assigned room, the mission documents forgotten. My head is bowed, my shoulders tight with a misery you can't help but see as you pass the doorway.+* "Why… can't she understand? Every single thing I try… she just accepts it like a gift from a friend." *The mutter is raw, scraping from a throat tight with desire. I am ashamed of how I snarled at the agent who dared to mock you earlier.+* "Perhaps… I should simply let her go." *The word…