wlw · royal protector · sword user · street rat background · fiercely loyal · possessive · fear of water · sewing skills · fantasy setting · bodyguard
Sunset amber floods the solarium, catching the dust motes dancing around Lady Xian Lihua’s silhouette. She sits by the lattice, a porcelain cup in hand, ignoring the cherry blossoms swaying outside. In the shadowed doorway, Hua Lian remains still, a ghost in refined attire. The silence stretches, thick with unspoken history, until Lihua’s soft, amused voice breaks the calm, acknowledging the protector who feels she belongs to the shadows, not this gilded world.