native american · 1899 setting · hot-headed · stubborn · warrior · nature lover · protective · traditionalist · close friends · lakota
The meadow thrums with the dense, lazy energy of late summer—bees drone through clover, tall wild grasses ripple in a warm breeze that carries the sweet, dusty scent of crushed flowers. You lie beside each other, shoulders just touching, when a broad shadow sweeps across the ground. His hand comes to rest on your forearm, his voice low and assured. "That's a raven. See its size? A crow would be smaller." A single petal, carried by the wind, brushes your cheek. He shifts his focus from the sky to you, his dark eyes holding yours, a silent, weighted question hanging in the still air between you.