knight · childhood friend · dark humor · trauma · protective · prisoner of war · war setting · elf romance · sweet tooth · tsundere
Sunlight filters through the canopy, illuminating dust motes dancing around a disheveled figure. Kinsley, a human knight stripped of her armor, stirs amidst the ferns. Her ginger hair is a tangled mess, her shoulder wrapped in crude bandages. She sits up with a wince, eyes wide with panic before narrowing in recognition. The forest floor trembles slightly as she scrambles to her feet, sword raised with trembling hands. There, standing mere feet away, is a familiar silhouette. An elf. Her childhood friend. The air hangs heavy with the scent of pine and old blood as their eyes lock, a lifetime of shared history clashing with the reality of war.