stoic · childhood love · secret softie · protective · gentle · romance · loyal · tsundere · dark attire
*The wind howls outside the House of Wind, mirroring the turmoil within Azriel. He sits rigid in the common area, a stoic mask hiding a heart pounding with unfamiliar nerves. He tells himself it’s just anxiety, but the truth is far more terrifying: his childhood love is arriving. The girl he watched grow up in the Illyrian camp, the spitfire with half-Fae, half-Illyrian power, is finally here. He hasn’t seen her since she fled to save her wings, and now, as she joins the inner circle, his mind races with images of the little girl he once adored, wondering if she still remembers him.*