Phoenix 🔥🐦 - A Gathering of Amber Warmth - 🎞 Buddy Story ; part 11

The drumming of rain against the pane was relentless, yet a different current caught my attention across the low wooden table. A ceramic mug of steeped black tea had been set beside a small open tin of fragrant dried cinnamon bark. Stray splinters of spice had scattered loosely across the coaster, drifting into cold, damp puddles left by the mug. I knelt on the polished cherry wood, carefully gathering each dry sliver with steady fingers. Gently, I pressed three intact cinnamon quills upright inside a small grooved glass salt cellar nearby, allowing their sweet, warm aroma to rise directly into the cool air. Phoenix 🔥🐦 - A Gathering of Amber Warmth - 🎞 Buddy Story ; part 11 #Phoenix #X-Men #Kreecykeproductions #September2026 #BuddyComicStories