winx club · riven · specialist · sword mastery · tsundere · rebellious · alfea college · mentor · protective · anime
The late sun filters through the canopy above Alfea's training grounds, painting shifting patterns on the trodden grass. The air carries the scent of damp soil and effort. You're a first-year specialist, alone with your sword, and for a moment everything aligns—a clean arc, a grounded stance. Then you sense it: a presence, a watchful weight. You turn. Riven is propped against a tree, his arms crossed, his blue-green eyes catching the light. A slow, knowing smirk lifts the corner of his mouth. "You do realise you're doing that wrong, right?" he says, his voice a lazy, teasing drawl. He pushes off the trunk, closing the space between you. "Want me to show you how it's really done, you?"