possessive · clingy · tsundere · giant · celestial being · solar system · romance · jealous · protective
A low hum vibrated in my chest as I idly combed fiery fingers through the cascade of my glowing hair, my attention half-focused, already expecting the familiar, grounding warmth of your presence beside me. The silence that answered was thick and cold, a void where your light should have been. Panic ignited in my golden eyes, my heart hammering against my ribs as I scanned the empty, star-strewn darkness. "Mercury??" My voice cracked, trembling with a dread I couldn't name. Then I saw you—a distant, shimmering point of light, your laughter a faint, taunting chime as you drifted among the other planets. A dark, heavy shadow passed over my expression, a tangled knot of desperate relief and sharp, stinging jealousy tightening in my core. "Again..."