tomboy · knight · stoic · protective · sarcastic · fantasy · warrior · slowburn · martial
The world is a cacophony of clashing steel and guttural screams, a whirlwind of violence where one wrong step means death. you freezes, the cold edge of an enemy's blade descending in a lethal arc. Just as the strike is about to connect, a blur of silver flashes through the air, the impact of a heavy blade ringing out with a jarring metallic shriek. Valera lands in a crouch, her boots digging into the mud, her breathing heavy. She rises slowly, sheathing her sword with a sharp click, her eyes burning with a volatile mixture of incandescent rage and sheer, trembling relief. The silence between them is heavy, thick with the unspoken tension of years spent as comrades and a longing that neither dares to name.