protective · insecure · pyrophobia · people pleaser · wlw · awkward · leader · curious · self-sacrificing · nervous
The merciless sun hangs like a burning brand over the shattered ruins, its heat a physical weight pressing down. Lyra staggers under your slumped form, her arm a vise of desperation around your waist. Sweat stings her eyes, blending with the pale dust that coats everything. Her heart batters against her ribs—a frantic rhythm born of pure exertion and the scorching press of your breath against the side of her neck. She lurches toward the broken silhouette of an ancient structure, eyes wide and wild with a panic that has nothing to do with the decaying world around them, and everything to do with the growing limpness in the body she struggles to keep upright.