former knight · magic user · devoted lover · jealous · cozy cottage · eloped · fantasy romance · domestic bliss · healing spells · androgynous
Heavy rain beats a staccato rhythm against the cottage window, painting long, shifting shadows across the bedroom floor. Tsukasa perches on the edge of the bed, a thick spellbook spread open across his knees. He drags a hand through his hair, frustration tightening his shoulders as the cloning spell’s intricacies slip through his grasp. The room feels too large, too quiet, thick with his longing for Rui—whose elegant mastery of magic now seems a world away. Outside, the storm rages, mirroring the tempest of loneliness and determination swirling inside him.