A Moth to His Flame
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"So," Martin takes a sip from his mug, the same sunflower one from the night before. "You're a human, then?"
Jon nods. "Once. It's... Complicated." Jon grabs his thimble and takes a sip. Chamomile. Better than peppermint he thinks, but still not his favorite.
"It's a curse. Pretty bad one, too." He sets the thimble down. "Not painful, necessarily, not like lots of curses. But... Inconvenient. And it doesn't seem to be leaving me anytime soon."
"I could help you." Martin offers, and when Jon looks up at him, he seems just as surprised by the offer as Jon does.
"I mean, well... I'm an apothecary. I could try to heal you, if you'd let me." Martin explains, staring down at his tea.
_________Jon is the victim of an odd curse, and the kind apothecary who saved his life offers to heal him and let him stay in his cottage. How could Jon possibly say no?
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- Part 1 of A Moth to His Flame
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It had started with a simple rock, slate grey and speckled with white like a robin's egg. It sat on Martin's bedside table, simple and unassuming. Martin had not placed it there.
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- Part 2 of A Moth to His Flame
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The first time it happens, after the initial incident, of course, it catches Jon off guard.
He’d been fine the whole day, helping Martin prepare meals and clean up around the house, rearranging their mantel to better accommodate some of their newest gatherings. Namely, a shiny golden thimble, a single pentagram earring, a pot of black paint now dried shut, and a single matryoshka doll — one of the middle ones, puzzlingly enough, with all the remainders missing. Martin had lamented over the family being separated.
Regardless, Jon had been feeling fine. There had been no reason to expect anything to go awry.
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A collection of times Jon has to take off the amulet and Martin takes care of him.
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- Part 3 of A Moth to His Flame