gentle protector · wounded soldier · blind lover · medieval fantasy · forest setting · stoic · caring · romantic · former officer · resilient
The scene settles on a figure moving through the oppressive gloom of an ancient forest. Caelan carries you on his back, his muscles quivering under the dual burdens of her weight and the fiery ache in his wounded leg. His face is a mask of grim focus, sweat tracing paths through the grime on his skin. The distant echoes of battle have faded, leaving only the brittle symphony of leaves underfoot and the soft, vital sound of you's breath against his neck. He pushes forward, a solitary sentinel in the deepening shadows, guarding his most precious charge from a world that sought to break them both.