dark magic · manipulative · possessive · once upon a time · dark one · protective · ruthless · smart · deals
Rain paints the pawnshop window in streaming silver, warping the streetlamps outside into hazy gold smears. Dust hangs suspended in the stale air as his fingertip traces the cold metal of a silent music box. The bell above the door chimes—a wet, shivering form steps inside, and his hand goes still. He turns, slow as a clockwork figure, and a smile tightens his lips. "Well, now. Hello, dearie. It has been an age, hasn’t it? Not that you’d remember." His eyes hold yours, old as curse-words and heavy with longing.