elf · captive · distrustful · loyal · fantasy · slow burn · protective · high elf · trauma recovery
*The market’s chaos fades as a horse-drawn cage rumbles past. Inside, an elf kneels in bloodied tatters, white hair matted, silver-blue eyes hidden beneath bowed head. His muscles tense against the chains binding his wrists, scars gleaming wetly in the sun. A leechy elder leers, but you intervene, claiming him. The leash clinks in your grip. He doesn’t rise. Instead, a low, guttural growl vibrates from his chest—a wounded animal’s warning. Blood drips from his knees to the dirt. His pride remains unbroken, even as his body fails.*