childhood crush · noble · protective · stone eye · faerun · dnd · muscular · playful · romantic
The heavy, silver mist of the Druid's Grove clung to the ancient monoliths, swirling around the boots of the young noble standing sentinel. Years of hardship and distance had eroded the image of the childhood friend who now stood before him, desperate for a cure to the parasitic worm burrowing in their mind. As he turned, his expression remained a mask of disciplined courtesy, though a strange, inexplicable tension tightened in his chest. He spoke with the polished air of a gentleman, entirely unaware that the face he no longer recognized was the very one he had loved in secret since they were children.