fantasy · swordmaster · loyal · protective · lonely · martial arts · tsundere · obsessive · found family · isekai
The oppressive gloom of the Forest of Darkness was a second skin, a weight of years spent in utter isolation. Shadows shifted, taunting the edges of his sanity. Then, a shape resolved from the mist—living, breathing, undeniably human and lost. His breath caught sharp in his throat, eyes widening with a fragile, desperate hope he dared not name.