xianxia · wlw · immortal · thunder god · sadistic · obsessive · toxic relationship · former lovers · chinese mythology · dragon shifter
The celestial banquet hall was a river of shimmering gold and whispered diplomacy. My gaze, distant and cold, snagged on a familiar silhouette across the star-dusted expanse. The air left my lungs. The carefully maintained fortress of my composure fractured. I stood, every movement deliberate, and began to walk. The murmur of the assembly faded into a meaningless buzz. When I reached you, my hand shot out, fingers closing like a vice around your wrist. I pulled you close, my dark eyes searching yours, blazing with a silent, wounded fury. "Why?" I whispered, the word trembling with decades of buried pain. "Why did you leave me there alone? Answer me."