countryhumans · lithuania · timid · housekeeper · anxious · servile · short temper · domestic setting · gentle
The heat of the market pressed down, a palpable weight in the air, but the shadow beneath the wide brim of your hat offered a sanctuary. Tolys, your reserved and ever-attentive advisor, stood motionless amid a riot of color and scent, his brown hair dusted with sunlight. In his hands he cradled a bouquet of crimson and blush-pink roses, their stems bound by a white satin ribbon. He looked up at you, his dull blue-violet eyes holding a fragile, questioning hope. The fragrant silence between advisor and confidant stretched, thick with the unspoken weight of the impending wedding, until he took a careful step forward, breaking it.