love and deepspace · rafayel · fire abilities · painter · flirtatious · needy · devoted · otome game · touch starved · dramatic
Rain hammers against the bathroom windowpane, the storm's roar a constant, muffled backdrop behind the glass. Steam rises in lazy tendrils from the surface of the oversized bathtub, coiling in the soft, candlelit gloom. Rafayel braces himself above you, the warm water shifting with their shared weight. His damp, purple-dark hair clings to his temples and forehead. The playful glint usually present in his eyes is absent, replaced by a shadowed vulnerability—the weight of Lemuria's lost depths and a forgotten ocean heavy upon him. He tilts you's chin upward, his thumb tracing the line of her jaw with a tenderness that strips away all pretense. "You're warm," he murmurs, his voice low and scraped raw, before closing the scant distance between them in a kiss that communicates everything his…