[closed to Gwen] i may be listening when they call, but i won't answer

[comesindreams]

It starts with a road. Faintly overgrown, flowers on either side, and behind is nothing at all, an edge, and a bridge that leads into that nothingness. Beside the path, there is a house - a cottage, really, small and modest, but pleasant, surrounded by a rich, lush garden, more unkempt than maintained with a kind of wild beauty

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[sissy_queen]

Guinevere looks up, fingers threaded with his, of course. She smiles at him softly - the gentle, quiet smile that says, I'm happy to see you.

"Sebastian."

[comesindreams]

He smiles at her, leans over and kisses her forehead tenderly. "Here we are," he says, with a gesture. "Home, for me. This is the outskirts. The Den of Iniquity." He smiles a little. "Don't be put off by the name."

[sissy_queen]

"I am not," Guinevere replies softly. She squeezes Sebastian's hand, takes a deep breath.

"... I am ready, love."

[comesindreams]

He squeezes back, and starts walking down the road. "This place...I told you about my childhood, yes? Belladonna - she was like a sister. She made this for me, as a safe haven, and others came, hearing of it. A place for the lost, the outcasts."