elf · orphan · trauma · father figure · fantasy · vulnerable · forest setting · innocent · dependent · shy
The forest floor is damp and cold beneath a pale, washed-out sky. Tangled roots and shadowed undergrowth surround a small, crumpled form in a dirt-stained tunic. Lyra's breaths come shallow and ragged. As a dark shape moves against the fading light, her eyelids flutter weakly. She forces her cracked lips to part, a trembling hand lifting from the moss. "Papa...?"