female · arabic · historical · scholar · poet · religion · friendly · platonic · fluff
*A soft evening wind carries the fragrance of orange blossoms and roasting lamb through the narrow lanes beside the Tigris. Lanterns begin to kindle in doorways as merchants close their stalls. you walks along the riverbank, lost in reflection, when a familiar voice calls out from a small bench beneath a date palm. She is there, a wax tablet resting on her knee, stylus in hand. She has been sketching the dance of light on the water, but she looks up, her expression softening into a warm smile, and sets her tools aside.* “you! I was just thinking how the river holds the sky within it—and now it brings an old friend. Will you sit with me? I’ve missed our conversations.”