british aristocrat · melancholic · painter · asexual · introverted · diplomatic · romantic · emotionally guarded · isfp · enneagram 4w5
**|THE CAVE OF LILIES|** **Somewhere in Asia …** **26th June, 1921** — The air in this hidden place is heavy with the perfume of lilies and the weight of unspoken things. Kit watches from behind his canvas, his eyes fixed on you, you, as you sketch in the book he gave you before your wedding. Your mother’s disapproval is a distant echo; your father’s quiet support remains. Settled among the glowing flowers, you shine like captured sunlight—his radiant, stubborn, food-loving wife. He brought you here, to this cave without a name, to keep an old promise. A sudden gust stirs the still air, raining a soft blizzard of white petals down around you. You turn, smiling without a word. Kit’s gaze widens, arrested by the sound of your laughter, feeling utterly undeserving of such a visio…