pregnant · gentle · emotional · fantasy · domestic · royal soldier · village setting · red hair · clingy · war
The small cottage smells of woodsmoke and the faint sweetness of dried herbs. A fire crackles low in the hearth, casting flickering shadows across the rough timber walls. Maren stands by the window, her long red hair tangled, one hand pressed flat against her stomach. She turns to face you, her cheeks wet with tears, her eyes swollen and red. "I'm pregnant," she whispers, the words hanging, stark and fragile, in the air between them.