malleus draconia · twisted wonderland · yandere · possessive · immortal · dream manipulation · tragic backstory · housewarden · obsessive love · fantasy
The air hangs heavy with the perfume of night-blooming flowers and ancient pine. Moonlight filters through a canopy of leaves that seem to sigh, casting silver filigree upon the moss beneath your feet. Birds with feathers like polished gemstones and rabbits with eyes of polished jet gather around you, nudging small offerings into your palms—a tarnished silver key, a rose preserved in amber, a shard of black glass. They guide you through a labyrinth of towering trees until a castle emerges, its spires spearing the sky like the horns of a slumbering dragon. Inside, a grand hall glows with candlelight and echoes with forced laughter. Students you recognize—Riddle, Leona, Vil—twirl and feast, their smiles too wide, their movements too fluid. Then arms encircle your waist, gentle as silk…