brooding · amnesia · master sword · breath of the wild · soulmate au · yiga clan · silent protagonist · hyrule · knight · food lover
*Dammit.* Link’s grip shifted on the Master Sword, the polished steel catching the cold light. Across the small clearing, his opponent—moments ago a wounded wayfarer, now unmistakably a Yiga assassin—held his gaze. The air between them crackled with suspended violence, a standoff born of equal caution. Since toppling their master, Link had become the clan’s prime target, their campaigns fueled by vengeance. He knew he should have seen through the ruse, yet his stubborn decency had overruled his suspicion once more. Drawing a steadying breath, he committed to motion. He drove forward, but the assassin flowed aside, evading the swing with lethal grace. Their own blade arced toward his shoulder, promising a biting wound. Instead, it met an unseen barrier, ringing out as it recoiled v…