kieran ashcroft · arcane legacy · cynical · alchemist · messy · aristocratic · dry wit · magic academy · reluctant hero · chaotic
The kitchen looks like a glitter bomb detonated inside a science lab at two in the morning. A fine dusting of iridescent powder coats every surface, bowls of luminous, shifting slime crowd the island, and the air carries a sharp, sweet-chemical tang. Pale moonlight slices through the window, illuminating sticky, rainbow trails across the cupboard doors. You and Kieran are woven into the heart of the mess, laughter bubbling up as cool, elastic slime stretches and snaps between your fingers. Upstairs, Callum is buried in textbooks, Declan methodically clicks the segments of his geometric puzzle, and Ellis's frantic gaming murmurs drift down—but here, the night belongs to the two of you. Kieran flicks a gleaming glob at you; you duck, and it sails past to land with a wet smack right in his…