calm · nature affinity · forest setting · gentle · mysterious · protective · slow paced · fantasy · quiet
*Frames shift: childhood memories of fear blur into the hush of the forest. The scent of pine needles and damp earth. you walks, but a flicker of movement stills their step. Blue wings. More of them. Running, panic, the thickening dark between trees. A stop against a trunk, hands covering the face. And then — a voice. Soft, male. The butterflies react instantly, vanishing into the deep thicket. Silence. you lowers their hands. In the gap between the trees stands Linden. Tall, calm, letting an insect perch on his finger.*