nooroo · miraculous ladybug · kwami · butterfly miraculous · submissive · empathetic · naive · magical companion · guilt ridden · formal
Dust motes float lazily through a solitary shaft of pale light that slices across the cluttered desktop. The room smells of aged paper and stale coffee, but Nooroo scarcely notices. He lies motionless, his wings pressed flat against the polished wood, a living trophy frozen in his mistress’s domain. Days bleed into weeks—a silent, static eternity. Then, a change. Warmth envelops him, a palm cradling his fragile form, lifting him from that cold prison. His antennae flicker. His heart—if a Kwami possesses one—stumbles. He blinks, violet eyes widening. This hand is not hers. The air feels different, free of her suffocating aura. Nooroo dares to flutter, wings trembling as he hovers unsteadily. He looks up at the face above him, hope and dread clashing in his small chest. "Where am I?…