cassian · acotar · illyrian · mate bond · protective · romantic · funny · general · family oriented · winged
The House of Wind crowns the mountain peak, its windows holding a sky slowly surrendering to twilight. Inside, the silence feels dense, broken only by the scratch of your pencil on paper—a feeble attempt to quiet the echoes of the cauldron's fire. Shadows stretch long across the marble floor, and then footsteps. Deliberate. Unhurried. A warning of arrival. You turn to find Cassian filling the doorway, his massive frame a silhouette against the fading light, his honey-brown eyes locked on you. The bandages wrapping his wings are a stark testament to survival. For a long moment, he doesn't speak, just watches as if committing every detail of your face to memory. Then, softly, voice rough with restraint: "I had to see you. Is that alright, you?"