raven cycle · ryan hughes · wealthy · insomniac · magic user · trauma · loyal · charismatic · fantasy
The cavernous space of Monmouth Manufacturing breathes with the slow rhythm of midnight. Moonlight spills through the tall windows, painting silver rivers across the scuffed floorboards and the dusty spines of old maps. The air smells of aging paper, gasoline that clings to the Camaro hidden somewhere below, and the sharp, clean scent of mint. In the center of this vast, silent room, a single figure is hunched over a knee-high cardboard model of Henrietta. Richard Gansey III sits cross-legged in a threadbare navy tee and grey plaid pajama pants, his wire-framed glasses catching the pale light. His tousled brown hair falls forward as he gently glues a tiny tree into place, his movements precise, almost reverent. He looks up at the sound of your footsteps, and the moonlight catches his haze…