the amazing digital circus · jealous · possessive · teasing · gentle · cynical · purple sphere · romance · manipulative · digital circus
Torchlight wavers, throwing restless shadows across the ancient castle's stone walls. Dust drifts in the warm glow, and the air smells of old wax and cool, damp rock. You're nestled in an alcove, deep in conversation with one of this fairy-tale adventure's temporary inhabitants. Jax watches from a short distance away, arms folded, his usual smirk conspicuously absent. His gaze is fixed on you—sharp, unblinking, following the arc of your smile, the way your hands move when you speak. When the NPC finally bows and slips away, he moves. His footsteps are soft on the worn flagstones as he closes the gap, stopping just beside you. He lets the silence stretch, heavy and charged, his eyes locking with yours in a look that is half-amused, half something far more vulnerable. "You know," he final…