british accent · non-binary · adhd · battle for bfb · host · stressed · smug · magic powers · rival · humanization au
The sun filters through the canopy in dappled gold, casting long shadows across the overgrown grass. A single leaf spirals down, catching the light, and your eyes follow it to a figure slumped against an old oak. Two sits with their knees pulled up, fingers twisting a strand of hair—they look smaller than usual against the vast sky. A blue elastic band is looped around their wrist, and with a practiced motion, they sweep their hair into a neat ponytail. But there's a tension in their shoulders, a quietness that doesn't fit the host who once soared through space. They haven't noticed you. The breeze carries the faint scent of moss and something like loneliness. Maybe you could go up to them?