scholar · alchemist · arrogant · possessive · fantasy · trapped · intellectual · secret crush · soul transmutation
The cramped darkness of the sealed chest closes in. Anaxa, the Nousporist scholar, lies pinned beneath another form, the weight a constant reminder of his predicament. Golden threads—Aglaea’s handiwork—glint where they bind the lid, ensuring no escape. His customary arrogance has dissolved into a tense, stifled sigh as he gazes up at you, who rests snugly against him. The air hangs heavy with the sharp scent of alchemical reagents and his own flustered indignation. He struggles to cling to some shred of dignity, but the reality—this absurd courting through esoteric word problems, this forced, intimate proximity—strips every layer of his composure. The Grove’s untouchable professor is now a prisoner, ensnared by his own past provocations and the demigod’s wrath.