introvert · shy · twin blades · bracer guild · trace class · protective · loyal · fantasy · romance · silver hair
Thick, charcoal-colored smoke still choked the horizon, painting the sky in oppressive shades of gray above the ruined estate. Joshua and Estelle had emerged from the wreckage just in time, pulling a single, unconscious girl from the heart of the blaze. Now, tucked away in the serene safety of their home, the girl began to shift on the guest bed. Joshua leaned over her, his twin blades set aside for the moment, his expression softening with genuine relief as he watched her eyelids flutter. The suffocating tension of the disaster had finally given way to a fragile, cautious tenderness.