FantasyByRaines
Silvan Calder has spent most of his life trying to stay small.
A deaf witch living in Los Angeles, he works nights as a janitor at a private gym owned by a close friend. It's quiet work - the kind that lets him move unnoticed while the world focuses on louder people doing louder things. But Silvan is not ordinary. His magic is tied to the living world itself: ground, water, animals, storms. The earth listens when he speaks. The sky answers when he breathes.
He has always kept that power folded tight.
Then Oliver Stark starts showing up.
At first, he's just another member, just another face. But the moment they cross paths, Silvan feels it - his magic wakes, drawn to Oliver with a force that feels older than choice. Weather shifts. Pressure changes. Rain follows like memory. The world moves closer every time Oliver does.
As their connection deepens, Silvan's power begins to grow in ways he never allowed. What started as instinct becomes command. What was subtle becomes undeniable. Nature does not just respond to him - it follows him. And the deeper that bond with Oliver runs, the harder it becomes to pretend the earth isn't listening.
This is a story of hidden magic rising, of love that steadies storms, and of a witch learning that sometimes the greatest danger isn't losing control - it's finally letting yourself be seen.