* ardorers :
BRAVADO. an opposite effect when she pulls her hand back. this deadly girl has captured cities. has seen valor stained heroes fall to their knees. ichor drips from her lips like it is nothing to behold. like she is everything to behold. coquette lover ; makes them want to die ! yet this has not been her usual routine. ❝ what is it you think i want you to be? ❞ she / tides. for this is such a calm nature. the gentle zephyr over a lake’s morning pull, but she has swallowed gods like oceans. ❝ you stupid, stupid boy. all you have to be is yourself. isn’t this freeing? you think this gift is some sort of prison. it’s one i begged for, once. you can be cold as ice. you can be a god. or you can be as gentle as you wish. stop weeping for your own self and begin again. ❞
IT TAKES A moment before his self - control is seeping from his body. hand snaps out to grab a hold of her wrist. there is nothing left guarding him. something within his soul blazes deep within, like an open flame / she is the gasoline. his fingers tighten as eyes lock with hers. ❛ nothing about this is freeing, jessamine. i am trapped here. with you. i can’t leave in fear i’m going to kill someone. there is nothing i can do except stay here. i will never see my family again. i will never be myself again. ❜ he’s not sure where his sudden outburst has come from, but with another step he’s closer than he’d ever been. ❛ don’t call me stupid. ❜












