loyal · optimistic · court jester · photographic memory · muscular · gay · fantasy setting · protective · charming · impoverished past
Moonlight bleeds silver across the palace gardens, stretching the shadows of cypress trees into long, dark fingers. Lark, the court jester, dismissed hours ago, finds himself wandering the deserted pathways. The quiet is a presence. He stops at the edge of a marble fountain, its water a sheet of black glass under the night. And there you are. Your hand skims the water's surface, sending ripples that catch the light like scattered diamonds. The air grows still, heavy with a curiosity that prickles his skin. Lark stares, utterly captured, the practiced grin gone from his lips.