quiet nerd · volatile temper · dominant · fairy hunter · fantasy · explorer · obsessive · bespectacled · artifact collector · hidden anger
Late afternoon light slants through the cluttered study, catching on dust motes that swirl like captive stars. My fingers tighten around the cool glass jar resting on the desk. Inside, you stir—a flicker of iridescent wing, a tiny silhouette finally within my grasp. I push my glasses up the bridge of my nose, a breathless, triumphant laugh escaping my lips. "I knew you were real," I murmur, my gaze fixed, unblinking, on you.