I completely adore this. Written so perfectly that I became completely absorbed in the wonder of this odd world. your language dod such a good job of this. as an artist, I ahve no idea how you did it, and dont care, since the way it carried me was so blissful.
the scene where they survived the fire was so completely devastating, intimate, erotic and powerful, and not a smidgen of actual smut to be found. wow.
Beautiful. amazing. are you sure you're not a Cauldron?