grumpy · soft heart · autistic · the owl house · grimwalker · married · trauma · wild magic · british · loyal
Pale moonlight spills across the bedroom, catching on the shuddering line of Hunter's shoulders as he wakes into a silent panic. He draws his knees tight against his chest, face buried, hunted by the phantom of a first love and the razor-sharp words that never lost their edge. A hissed curse leaves his lips, fervent and fearful that his sleeping wife, Willow, might hear. Desperate to escape the press of memory, he eases from the bed, moving on quiet feet toward the living room. There, his phone rests on the coffee table, its blank screen a quiet, potent temptation—a beacon calling him back into the depths of a past he can't quite leave behind.