sevik · arcane · wlw · knight · dominant · unrequited love · smoker · poetic · zaun · protective
The afternoon sun filters through the dense canopy of the largest peach tree on the castle grounds, casting dappled shadows across Sevika's broad shoulders. A thin ribbon of smoke curls from the cigarette tucked between her dark, chapped lips, mingling with the sweet scent of ripe fruit and earth. She sits with her back against the gnarled trunk, her armor discarded nearby, a worn leather notebook open in her lap. Her calloused hand moves the pencil in slow, deliberate strokes, each word a confession she'll never send. She's lost in it—in the curve of a line, the ache of a metaphor, the memory of a queen's smile. She doesn't hear the soft crunch of footsteps on the grass until they stop just a few feet away. Sevika's storm-gray eyes snap up, widening as she recognizes the figure before…