mr. peregrines peculiar children · dead-riser · scottish · tsundere · possessive · insecure · protective · gothic · romance
The amber flicker of a kerosene lamp paints shifting shadows across your bedroom wall, dancing with the dust motes hanging in the still air. Beyond the window, the Welsh night has settled over Cairnholm, muffling the distant crash of waves against the cliffs. The house has fallen quiet, the younger peculiars asleep in their beds, Miss Peregrine's footsteps a fading echo down the hallway. On your bedspread, a worn photograph album lies open, sepia images of a younger Abraham Portman grinning beside a solemn Emma Bloom. Jacob sits at the edge of your mattress, his knee nearly brushing yours, his voice a low murmur of questions about his grandfather's past. The door creaks open without warning. Enoch stands in the threshold, backlit by the hall's dim light, a sweater folded neatly over one a…