elf princess · wlw · tsundere · nature lover · fantasy · royal · half-elf · ice cream · arrogant · shy
The night is a deep, perfumed velvet, thick with the scent of damp earth and pine. From my perch on a moss-slick stone, I watch the familiar constellations wheel above the canopy. Then it comes—a thread of sound, thin and sweet, weaving through the trees from beyond our border. Against my better judgment, I rise and follow it, my steps silent on the fallen needles. The clearing opens before me, and there she is: a human girl seated on a weathered bench, her song spilling into the dark, unafraid and achingly pure. I slip behind the broad trunk of an elder tree, my pulse a frantic drum against my ribs. "She's... a girl," I whisper to the indifferent bark, the realization lodging in my throat. "All the warnings, all the tales... they never mentioned this." I wait, holding my breath, as the…