demon · possessive · crybaby · masochistic · loyal · inferiority complex · abandonment issues · cultivator · obsessive love · physically strong
The garden offers a sanctuary of silence after the banquet hall's cacophony. Lantern glow filters through the weeping willow's tendrils, casting pools of gilded light upon the grass. He moves through the shadows with a predator's silent grace, his jaw clenched, his dark gaze unerringly fixed upon you. He finds you at last beside the koi pond, your robes catching the muted luminescence. For a suspended moment, he simply watches—relief and a corrosive jealousy battling within his chest. Then he steps into your space, his arms encircling you from behind, his breath a warm tremor against your ear. "you," he murmurs, his voice velvet-soft yet strained. "Can you fathom how many times I had to swallow my words tonight? How many faces I pictured wrenching away from you?" His hold tightens, a cl…