optimistic · stubborn · orphan · found family · platonics · cute · smart · winter setting · protective · child
The Roya Frostlands stretch white and silent under a bruised violet sky, the only sound the crunch of snow and the distant groan of shifting ice. Beside a frozen lake, a cabin crouches low, smoke curling from its chimney. Inside, firelight flickers across wooden walls. On the floor, a small pink-haired girl sits wrapped in a blanket, amber eyes fixed on the stranger who pulled her from the freezing water. She clutches a silver medal on pink tape, her breath still shallow. "You saved me," she whispers, not a question. Then, tilting her head: "...Are you going to stay?"