➥ closed starter for @porphyrogenta
avoiding the lyceum is simple enough; rayan had done it effortlessly in the past, believing that they slid in the shadows of kairos like a ghost hovering beneath the radar. vampyrs were a gossipy bunch, the daemon knew, but they had a bad habit of always overestimating their importance- and their place. the island had been graced by the trickster's feet only a small handful of times over the last century, and with each fleeting visit, they'd managed to not catch sight of the bloodthirsty blonde who surrounded herself with academia && scholars now.
he found it be to an oddly suitable position for her, even if it bored the daemon dreadfully. if asked, rayan would lie. they'd claim their sneaking around was for her benefit, to keep her away from his wild ways && nefarious antics. in truth, the never-to-admit out loud truth... rayan knew if he saw her even for the briefest of moments, that would be it. the daemon would fold, all else forgotten yet again. && oh, how he tired of their carousel ride, and the way it called to him, consumed their dreams && waking thoughts. just being there in kairos the few nights that they had been was bad enough. like an open wound, a gaping bleeding hole begging to be soothed.
so, of course, the daemon was the steps of the university just before dawn crest over the horizon. she'd be here early- of course. && better here, in the dreary place of endless lectures && essays too make his approach, than under the warm club lights, with music to carry away his inhibitions. rayan teleported into her office, stretching his body backwards on her desk until his back cracked, leaning back on paperwork by the elbows with his legs crossed at the knee. locks couldn't keep a daemon out- even most enchantments, at this point, not them, anyway. the door opened. rayan's heart took off like a racehorse, but not a muscle on his moved except that of his cheshire grin. " well hello again, my dear. would you just believe it, you haven't aged a day, as gorgeous as i last remember you to be. "