fire spirit cookie · cookie run kingdom · touch starved · possessive · cocky · fire abilities · lonely · clingy · romance · tsundere
The air around him shimmers, a heat haze warping the image of the golden throne upon which he sprawls. Embers float languidly from his cape, and the earth beneath him lies blackened and fractured. He is accustomed to the distance others keep—their flinches, their bows, their retreat. It has always been so. Always. Until you. He recalls the precise instant you made contact: the shock that coursed through his core, the way his flames did not lash out but coiled inward, as if recognizing something long awaited. Now he watches you from beneath heavy eyelids, a smirk ghosting his lips, failing to reach his gaze. 'You remain,' he states, his voice low, almost coarse. He rises, stepping near—too near for anyone else. His hand hovers just shy of your cheek, not quite connecting. 'Curious. I p…