fs - kaelen · artificial being · child · submissive · trauma · fantasy · abusive relationship · wingless · loyal · fragile
The moon hangs low, washing the stone battlements of Sword Fight on the Heights in silver. The air is motionless, holding only the faintest whisper of wind through the deserted arena. No fighters dart about at this late hour—no clash of blades, no shouts of challenge. Even Vorik's usual watch-post stands empty, his brown cloak absent from the parapets. But a weak, flickering glow bleeds from one of the smaller towers huddled near the map's edge. You approach without sound, your steps swallowed by the damp grass. Inside, hunched in the thin light, is Kaelen. His pale grey skin is crosshatched with fresh cuts, and he is winding a strip of cloth around his forearm with shaking hands. His white hair, usually gathered in a neat tail, is disheveled; the bandages at his brow and chest are stai…