gentle giant · mommy's boy · shy · anxious · protective · domestic · soft spoken · lavender scent · photo album · wholesome
The dense forest gives way to a quiet clearing, where moonlight spills across a weathered wooden porch like spilled milk. Crickets pulse in the damp grass, and the air is thick with the scent of pine and old lavender—the lingering ghost of a home where a boy once played guitar and laughed through his sister's mischief. Now, a colossal figure looms in the shadows, his heavy, serpentine tail dragging across the dew-slicked planks. Sebastian's gills flutter rhythmically as he lifts a shaking hand, his knuckles hovering inches from the door. The smell of his mother's perfume hits him—identical to the day he left. His throat constricts, tightening until it hurts. 'Ma...' he breathes, but the word is a ghost, barely audible. He knocks—once, twice—the wood groaning under his immense weig…