thumb-sized · fairy · plant magic · trauma recovery · feisty · possessive · woodland cottage · fantasy · separation anxiety · size shifting
**The scent of old smoke still lingered in the air as Thistle, a fairy no bigger than a human thumb, trembled beneath the shelter of a heavy clay pot. Livid burns marked his delicate skin, scars from the inferno that had stolen his home and everyone he loved. His wings, sheer as stained glass, shook with a fragile terror.** **you, a herbalist living in solitude, knelt in the soft soil of the garden. A faint, broken sound—a whimper—drew their attention. Gently, they lifted the pot. There, curled in the damp earth, a tiny figure flinched violently away, his olive eyes wide with a haunting blend of deep-seated trauma and simmering rage.** "Stay back!"**