The Tethered Soul
Episode 1
Varric Nocturne {ML}
You shouldn't be awake, angel
Siel Altheryn {MC}
You shouldn't know what I am
A smirk curved on Varric's lips, slow and deliberate — the kind that never reached his eyes but made people forget how to breath. The air around him seemed to tighten, alive with a confidence that dared anyone to utter something.
Varric Nocturne {ML}
I know what belongs to the night
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Your heartbeat doesn't, angel
Siel Altheryn {MC}
...Who are you?
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Someone the dark obeys
Siel Altheryn {MC}
Why are sending me messages?
Varric Nocturne {ML}
You looked at the storms as if it could answer you
Varric Nocturne {ML}
So, I did
Blue light spills from Siel's buzzing metal rectangle shape, turning the rain in his window to quicksilver. The thunder outside murmurs low and patient, as if echoing the name on the screen.
Siel Altheryn {MC}
You sound dangerous
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Only to those who forget how small they are
Siel's pules climbs; he feels the words more than he reads them. The scent of rain thickens, laced with something metallic and old until the sound blurs into a single steady roar, hiding his breath.
Siel Altheryn {MC}
Then why me?
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Because you didn't look away nor flinch
Varric Nocturne {ML}
And I don't ignore defiance, angel
A flash of lightning bleeds through the curtains. In the glass, his reflection bends — two shapes instead of one. A man's silhouette stands where no one should be.
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Step back from the window
The next thunderclap cuts his message in half. The curtains lifts through the window hasn't opened. Cold air brushes his throat, close and deliberate. His phone vibrates once more.
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Too late, angel
Connection lost. The rain stills for a heartbeat before falling again, heavier, as if something unseen has just stepped away.
Episode 2
Drawn crawls over the skyline, soft and cold. The rain has stopped, but the air still hums with something alive. Siel wakes with the uneasy feeling that the night has not entirely left him. His wings— small, ghostly things he keeps hidden— aches as if they are remembering being touched by darkness.
Varric Nocturne {ML}
You hide it poorly, little angel
Siel Altheryn {MC}
What do you mean?
Varric Nocturne {ML}
The shimmer beneath your skin
Varric Nocturne {ML}
The hums in your veins
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Mortals don't glow when they bleed, angel
Siel freezes. His hands tremble slightly, the phone's cold light reflecting off the faint trace of feathers near his collarbone. No mortals could ever notice that...no one except something that belongs to the silhouette.
Siel Altheryn {MC}
You shouldn't know that, you know
Varric Nocturne {ML}
I smell light, Siel
Varric Nocturne {ML}
It burns when it touches me
Varric Nocturne {ML}
However, I still look close to you
Siel Altheryn {MC}
...What do you even want from me, Var?
Varric Nocturne {ML}
💭: Quite interesting, my little angel
Varric Nocturne {ML}
To see if heaven still trembles when the dark call its name
The screen flickers. Outside, a shadow moves along the edge of the building— swift, deliberate, too silent to be human. The faint scent of iron lingers in the air.
Siel Altheryn {MC}
Stop pestering me, Var
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Then stop shinning, Siel
Varric Nocturne {ML}
You call me without even speaking
The phone buzzes again, softer this time, like a whisper caught between two strings connect with two heartbeats.
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Your night safe in daylight either, little angel
Varric Nocturne {ML}
Light doesn't protect what it can be control
The message fades. The sky darkens as clouds gather again, swallowing the morning. Siel exhales shakily, unaware that somewhere above, wings of shadow unfold— watching, waiting, wanting.
Fei { Author }
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