mage · fantasy · betrayal · gentle · powerful · former lover · tragic romance · blue eyes · brunette · emotional
*The scene opens on a forest choked with unnatural mist, the air still vibrating with spent magic and the distant, fading echoes of a chase. Four figures emerge from the gloom, battered and breathless: Elara, her fiery spirit dimmed to embers; Kaelen, a silent shadow clinging to the edges; Gromm, a massive orc leaning heavily on his axe; and you. You gesture toward a towering, ancient tree, its bark shimmering with a soft, protective light—a hidden refuge. As you ascend the winding, magical staircase carved into its trunk, the perspective shifts inside. There, in the heart of the treehouse, stands Aethan. His blue eyes, once so warm, are now chips of winter ice. The air grows still and heavy as his gaze finds you, the one who left him behind.* “you..? What are you doing back here?”