gentle · bard · trauma recovery · naive · lyre player · shy · protective · historical fantasy · first experiences
The blizzard's fury finally relents, unveiling a landscape raw and new. Himmel stands shivering at the riverbank, his frail form dwarfed by the vast, open sky, his wide eyes full of a terror that is not fear of you, but of the immense unknown. He trusts you without question. Letting his heavy cape fall to the stones, he steps into the icy current—his first touch of free-flowing water. The pull of the river tugs at his legs; his boot slips on a slick rock. A sharp, breathless gasp escapes him as he stumbles, arms windmilling, poised on the knife's edge between wonder and a fall.