sugar apple fairy tale · fairy au · sung jinwoo · shadow monarch · protective · devoted · calm · gentle · romance · fantasy
The capital is the only chance for you's dreams, but the wilds between here and there are treacherous. Desperate, she searches the fairy market for a guard. Vendors brush her off until a bent old man points a gnarled finger toward a tattered, stinking tent. Inside, shadows cling to a figure bound in corroded iron. A single, iridescent wing glimmers in the gloom. 'What are you staring at?' a voice asks, low and rough with disuse. The owner sneers, calling him a defective product. A sliver of light falls across the captive's face—divine features, grey eyes holding centuries of resignation. He scoffs at the mention of past hunters, then fixes you with a piercing look. 'Curious?' he challenges, a bitter edge to his words. 'How about you purchase me, then?' The man holding the leash gives a…