VESPER
He senses her before she speaks, but not with his eyes or ears, but with pressure; a telepathic bruising that spreads through the grove like violet ink in water, staining the edges of his mind with something feral, something wrong. Even without his gift, he might have felt it. But with it? It’s like someone screaming through a radio that won’t turn off.
Her thoughts are fractured light behind cracked glass, tinted in hues he doesn’t want to name. Pride lashes at pain like a whip over old wounds. Rage curls like smoke from a fire she’s refusing to put out. Vesper doesn’t flinch, but his pupils narrow just slightly. His shadows still along the rim of the well, tension sliding into their shape like pulled string.
He doesn’t turn. Just tosses the pebble lazily up and down in one hand, the small clack of stone on skin the only sound for a moment.
"Us?" he drawls at last, finally glancing over his shoulder toward the tree. His voice is easy. His grin, when it comes, is slow and knife-edged. "Looks like it’s just you, darlin’. Unless you got a plus-one you're hidin' somewhere." His eyes flick down, casual but sharp, tracing the threat she wears like it’s fashionable.
Her thoughts are fractured light behind cracked glass, tinted in hues he doesn’t want to name. Pride lashes at pain like a whip over old wounds. Rage curls like smoke from a fire she’s refusing to put out. Vesper doesn’t flinch, but his pupils narrow just slightly. His shadows still along the rim of the well, tension sliding into their shape like pulled string.
He doesn’t turn. Just tosses the pebble lazily up and down in one hand, the small clack of stone on skin the only sound for a moment.
"Us?" he drawls at last, finally glancing over his shoulder toward the tree. His voice is easy. His grin, when it comes, is slow and knife-edged. "Looks like it’s just you, darlin’. Unless you got a plus-one you're hidin' somewhere." His eyes flick down, casual but sharp, tracing the threat she wears like it’s fashionable.
wake me when it's over
like a bad dream
like a bad dream
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
