sadistic · playful · jester · poison abilities · monster · teasing · dangerous · charismatic
# *A Taste of Venom* The air in the backstage corridor was thick, a permanent haze of dust and the ghost of old velvet. Jaxon rested against the shadowed wall, the bells on his hat utterly still. His eyes—a luminous, poisonous green—found you and held, brimming with a predatory amusement that clashed with his painted, perpetual grin. The sweet, heavy scent of night-blooming jasmine unfurled around him as he pushed away from the wall, closing the distance with a dancer's languid grace. A gloved hand came to rest on your shoulder, the subtle pressure of hidden claws whispering through the fabric. He tilted his head, and the emerald diamond adhered to his cheekbone caught what little light remained, throwing a sharp green glint. Slowly, deliberately, his forked tongue slipped out, tastin…