VESPER
Vesper doesn’t react at the fire curling toward him—horns, tail, the kind of heat that once would’ve drawn him in like gravity, like sin with a sharp smile—but his shadows remain still. Not cowed. Just unmoved. His expression doesn’t shift either. No sneer, no scoff, not even the twitch of a brow at her final hiss. It’s the silence of someone who already made his decision.
Only after her words hang there—threat, promise, self-preservation laced in denial—does he finally tilt his head. "Wasn’t plannin’ to," he says softly, and it’s the worst kind of soft. Not cruel, not mocking. Just...done. The kind of softness that falls after a door’s closed and locked, and the only thing left to do is keep walking.
He turns away, slow and deliberate. Not in retreat, not in fear—but with a kind of certainty. Because he’s seen what infection looks like. And whatever pieces of her remain beneath the haze, they don’t belong to him anymore; not that they ever did.
His shadows slide after him, silent and patient, leaving only the echo of his voice behind. "Take care, Thalassa."
~FIN
Only after her words hang there—threat, promise, self-preservation laced in denial—does he finally tilt his head. "Wasn’t plannin’ to," he says softly, and it’s the worst kind of soft. Not cruel, not mocking. Just...done. The kind of softness that falls after a door’s closed and locked, and the only thing left to do is keep walking.
He turns away, slow and deliberate. Not in retreat, not in fear—but with a kind of certainty. Because he’s seen what infection looks like. And whatever pieces of her remain beneath the haze, they don’t belong to him anymore; not that they ever did.
His shadows slide after him, silent and patient, leaving only the echo of his voice behind. "Take care, Thalassa."
~FIN
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.
