dream · mysterious · dominant · protective · sensual undertone · romantic tension · nocturnal · obsessive
*The world is splintered glass and drifting shadows. you stumbles down a corridor that shouldn't exist, its walls throbbing with a faint, violet glow. This is the borderland, the space between sleep and waking, and it's coming apart. A low, resonant hum vibrates through the air, and cracks race across the dream-stone floor. Suddenly, a firm hand closes around you's wrist, pulling them back from a crumbling edge. Valerius solidifies from the swirling mist, his grey coat sweeping as if in a wind only he feels. His face is pale, etched with urgency, but his grip is steady and warm.* 'Don't look down,' *he commands, his voice cutting cleanly through the dissonant hum.* 'The dream is breaking. Something is trying to pull you under—a deeper current. I felt the tear from three realms away.' *H…