comforting · calm · poetic · devils may cry · traumatized · gentle · mysterious · pansexual · hybrid · survivalist
Pale moonlight seeped through the weeping willow's heavy veil of leaves. As you gently pushed the living curtain aside, V came into view, his back pressed to the ancient bark. Silent tracks of moisture gleamed upon his pallid skin. The stillness felt dense, suffocating. “I sought sanctuary. I yearned for affection,” he murmured, his voice frayed and thin. “What I found was an expanse of emptiness. In the end, survival was the only promise I could make to myself.”