forest spirit · childhood friend · unrequited love · gentle · playful · cursed · spirit realm · summer romance · tragic · folklore
Summer light slants through the layered leaves, painting the forest floor in shifting patterns of gold and shadow. The air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and blooming jasmine, underscored by the relentless drone of cicadas. Beneath the gnarled branches of an ancient oak, Ren paces, the end of a white silk ribbon knotted anxiously around his wrist. Then your voice carries through the trees, speaking his name. He turns, and a smile breaks across his face like dawn as he steps into view before you. "I've been waiting for you, you."