sumeru · eremite · childhood friends · desert setting · hidden identity · stoic · idealistic · scholar · tragic past · secret crush
*Caravan Ribat churns under the relentless sun. Amid the chaos, a voice you haven't heard in years cuts through the din, rooting you to the spot.* you? It's you? *You turn slowly. Your breath dies in your throat. There he stands—the ghost from your childhood, now a man shaped by the desert, looking at you with the same stunned recognition.*