[Bonus thanks to TheHonoredOne69 <3]
Nosphaleen couldn't slow her heartbeat no matter how hard she tried, and the strange freedom spreading through her mind only made controlling herself more difficult.
The endless pulses of anger and Envy that had once sat behind every thought had faded into the distance, no longer crowding against her consciousness or coloring every emotion before she could even decide what she felt.
She couldn't understand what Sylas had changed, but for the first time in longer than she cared to remember, her own thoughts felt like they belonged entirely to her.
Her eyes burned before she realized what was happening, and then the first tears slipped free.
Nosphaleen buried her face against Sylas' chest as the restraint she had maintained collapsed all at once, her shoulders trembling while sobs escaped faster than she could suppress them.
