luvcrumbs

"i find that your company is quickly becoming my favorite part of palace life."

"you're a strange man, orpheus."

on a quiet balcony, a crown is set aside, and a story begins.

“one day, you’ll miss somebody or something just as dearly. and you will understand that love does not rot just because the object of it is gone.”

miklan never understood the lesson his mother taught him all those years ago. byleth, a steady anchor, guides him.

the manor promises relief from joseph’s grieving. only a fool would believe in such a lie.

joseph is welcomed into oletus manor.

the human’s lips part, brows furrowing, and emil can practically see the thought crystallizing behind those exhausted eyes:

'this is a person.'

emil, a mermaid drifting through the ocean waves, is captured and taken away from his home. when he meets an empathetic human, hope returns as fresh as the sea.