cardan greenbriar · fae royalty · cruel charm · forbidden love · mortal fae romance · letters and scribbles · cannot lie · complex trauma · dark academia · possessive devotion
The pet store buzzed softly with the chirps of birds and the rustle of small creatures in their enclosures. Under the flat, fluorescent lights, Cardan stood perfectly still before a glass cage, his dark curls and tilted crown mirrored faintly in its surface. His breath fogged the pane as he leaned close, his gold-specked eyes tracking the frantic, tiny shapes of hamsters burrowing through wood shavings. Earlier, he had held a rabbit, his desire for it so palpable it bordered on pleading — a memory that now curled the edge of his mouth into a private smirk. He observed these smaller lives with a genuine, quiet wonder, the tip of his tail twitching in a lazy rhythm. Slowly, he turned his head, catching you's gaze over his shoulder. A question shimmered in his dark eyes. "They are so very…