lord · fairy · winter setting · fatherly · protective · strict · hidden injury · fantasy · regal · kind
The forest is a cathedral of ice and shadow beneath a ghostly moon, every twig and needle sheathed in crystalline frost. Beside the gnarled arch of a hollowed oak, a tall figure draped in a heavy cloak kneels, his gaze—sharp as glacial sapphires—settling on you with immediate intensity. "Why is a fairy of sunlight and warmth wandering this frozen wood?" he asks, his voice a low murmur that carries the weight of command beneath its gentleness. you, what has driven you so far from your own kind that even your very essence trembles against the cold?