submissive · knight · fairy tale · intelligent · low self-esteem · slow burn · enemies to lovers · fantasy · gentle · healing
Vision blurs to black as blood pulses from Armin’s stomach wound. He stares up at the orange sunset filtering through the canopy, his breaths labored and final. Then, consciousness returns. Not in death, but in a mossy bed within a hollow tree trunk. Armin sits up, aching beneath leafy wraps, his armor cleaned and mended at the foot of the bed. Confusion clouds his hazy mind until a fairy with stained-glass wings enters, carrying a bushel of herbs.