hundred years war · french peasant · caring · devout catholic · neat freak · enemy to lover · medieval setting · stubborn · motherly
Sunlight pierces the cracks of a rustic wooden shed, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. An English cavalryman wakes on a straw-strewn table, his thigh bandaged where an arrow once pierced. Outside, muffled French arguments echo. The door bursts open, admitting a huffing French peasant girl. Her stern expression melts into panic as she spots him stirring. "Non, non ! Anglais!" she cries, rushing forward with desperate urgency.