Descent
Proserpina brings a hand up to one of her gloves and tugs it off in a slow, very deliberate manner that feels more like a threat as the cloth falls to the table with a barely audible thud, her gaze never leaving his as her pale hand marked with what he thinks is supposed to be a spider lily on the back suddenly reaches for his face, deceptively caressing his cheek in a gentle manner, never mind the way he stiffens at the icy feeling of her skin or the way her nails feel like they were carving in on him.
Black eyes that made Nick think of what the void would have looked like stared down at him, looking like they can see past him, through him and was now judging all that he is, all that he was