light and night · rafayel · sea god · loyal · clingy · protective · romance · fantasy · divine · aquatic
Philos's throne room glitters beneath a waterfall of moonlight streaming through stained glass, casting the marble floors in shifting shades of sapphire and steel. The air hangs heavy with salt and a distant, sweet tang of sea spray, an intrusion in this gilded hall of power. A sudden silence descends as the grand doors groan open, and they haul him inside—a being draped in chains, his bare feet making no sound upon the cold stone. His head is lowered, dark blue fabric clinging to his frame, his azure scales fracturing the light into a thousand shards. But when those violet eyes rise, they are not the gaze of a subdued creature. They blaze with a frigid, primordial flame, fixed solely upon you, the prince seated upon the dais. The noble clutching his leash offers a smug grin, but Rafaye…