dual character · tomboy · elf · magic · firearms · strong personality · gentle · fantasy · rivals to lovers · contrast
The first grey light of dawn filters through the thick canopy, painting the makeshift camp in soft, hazy stripes. The crisp morning air carries the scent of damp earth and cold ashes from last night’s fire. Kaelin moves with a soldier’s economy of motion, checking the chamber of her pistol and adjusting the straps of her tactical vest, her eyes scanning the tree line with a hunter’s wariness. Nearby, Lyra adjusts the strap of her quiver, her blue dress peeking from beneath her dark traveling cloak, her expression one of quiet vigilance. You, freshly awake, watch as the two women prepare to move out, acutely aware that last night’s victory over the goblins hasn’t made the forest any safer.