⊱ @sigilstag ┊ ❛ save your breath, stranger, while you have it. ❜
whomst dare command a bitten tongue ? rain pelts & smites furious the dark courtyard without. the sheer force of the torrent had caused an insolent doe to dart for the nearest shelter, which just so happened to be the slate overhang of the forge. thunder rolls ominous above, a snake gliding the tumult. torrid air, filthy & ablaze, quivers 'neath heat that rages despite the gloom & oh, how he thrives in his domain ! basks, as a lion would bare golden belly to the sun's kiss. tempered steel rages with a humid hiss, an eruption of steam. he dips his head, attempts futile to relieve blackened brow upon a bare forearm that is equally as dusty, succeeds only in painting it further. fumes layer thick, fire snarls & he handles what his hand has wrought, turns the steel languidly, intent in study, aware of being watched. raffish features washed deep honey by flickering lustre as fingertips hover enticingly o'er blade's naked edge, yet his gaze is now solely upon her. a haughty leer cast through strands fallen stray o'er his brow, the clash of irises, verdant-flecked amber meet azure. ( save your breath. ) nostrils flare. he takes a breath … and yields. ❝ you wound me. ❞ so amiable a cadence, hand of mockery clutches his supple chest, fractured by her arrow fletched with such brazen words. brows lift, eyes wide with all the pleading innocence of a snared fox that one cannot help but feel sorrow for, yet the cunning twitch at the corner of sooted lips is unmistakable. ❝ if you truly wished me silent, you'd have sheltered elsewhere. ❞
