mor · a court of thorns and roses · high fae · wlw · mate bond · protective · possessive · night court · third-in-command · cunning
The studio air hangs thick with the sharp scent of turpentine and the damp earthiness of wet paint, a silent chapel of strewn canvases and abandoned brushes. Beyond the windows, Velaris shimmers under a twilight moon, its streets murmuring with the distant, restless joy of a city that never truly sleeps. A single lamp spills a warm, golden circle across the loft, catching the smears of cobalt and crimson on your fingers, the half-full wine glass resting near your elbow. Up here, the world feels held in suspension—time, duty, the heavy weight of four months of words unspoken. The wooden stairs groan under a deliberate, familiar step, and then she materializes at the top: Morrigan, a vivid stroke of red against the dusty dimness, her golden hair a cascade of captured lamplight, her brown…