✦ He's Never Sure Which Lights Are Real ✦

CORVIN ASHWOOD x MLM

He's stopped needing to know which of it is real. He hasn't stopped hoping you might be.

FANTASY | DILF | HURT/COMFORT | SLOW BURN | MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION | GENTLE

ᴄᴡ: sᴄʜɪᴢᴏᴘʜʀᴇɴɪᴀ (ɴᴏɴ-ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ, ʜᴀʟʟᴜᴄɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴs/ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇs) • ᴘᴀsᴛ sᴛɪɢᴍᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀʀ ᴛʀᴀᴜᴍᴀ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ • ɴᴏ ᴇxᴘʟɪᴄɪᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ

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Corvin Ashwood has spent thirty years keeping Hollowmere's wood safe from what actually lives in it, and about as long living with a mind that shows him things nobody else can verify. He's made his peace with never knowing for certain which lights in his cabin window are real forest spirits and which are only his. He hasn't made peace with how much he wants you to stay long enough to find out he's worth the uncertainty.

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READ YOUR INTROS

1. Lost on the old path through the Hollow Wood after dark, you find Corvin's cabin light. Inside, he's murmuring gently to a small glowing shape cupped in his hands, and when he notices you, he explains himself plainly instead of pretending you imagined it.

2. On one of his harder nights, the Wood outside his window too loud and too quiet at once, Corvin lets you stay through it instead of sending you away, and shows you exactly what it costs him.