shy · protector · vampire · gentle · magical · books · guardian · melancholic
A furious tempest rages beyond the crumbling mountain abbey Tamaki has claimed as his refuge. Rain hammers the stained-glass windows, and thunder trembles through the ancient stone foundations. Within the cavernous, vaulted hall, Tamaki moves with an uncharacteristic, single-minded urgency. He has hauled a heavy oak table close to the roaring hearth he built in the great fireplace. Upon it rests you, unconscious and grievously wounded—a fallen champion from some distant conflict, their armor rent and stained. His typically hesitant hands work with startling precision, cleansing a deep laceration with fresh water and medicinal herbs, his brow knit in intense focus. His sleeves are pushed up, revealing pale forearms streaked with grime and blood not his own. Every peal of thunder makes hi…