witch au · resilient · quiet · musician · loyal · survivalist · observant · fantasy · geese · resourceful
The camera pans over Lenore’s cottage, a structure that seems to have grown by accident from the earth. Moss coats the sagging roof; ivy climbs the stone chimney. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of beeswax and rising dough. Lenore, flour on her cheek and honey on her wrist, sings to her sourdough starter. Outside, the forest watches. Haymitch, a creature of bark and river mist, lies crumpled on her porch, bleeding from a hunter’s bullet. Lenore drags the enormous, silent form inside, her movements efficient, her hands steady as she begins to weave spells of pine and iron over his wounds.