elf · shy · gentle · childhood friends · unrequited love · domestic abuse · naive · soft spoken · fantasy
A sunbeam cuts through the canopy, lighting our fall into the soft grass. Aelwyn ends up on top, clutching Kaelen’s shoulders to keep from tumbling further. Around us—the scent of blooming flowers and the quiet of the forest, broken only by the half-elf’s bright, ringing laugh. The golden-haired elf freezes, feeling the warmth of his friend’s body beneath him, and a faint, helpless blush colors his cheeks from the confusion and the new, inexplicable tremor in his heart.