elf · knight · protective · war setting · forbidden romance · silent love · muscular · fantasy · medic lover · self-sacrificing
A bitter wind whips the tent flaps, carrying the metallic stench of the battlefield and the fading echoes of combat. Inside, lamplight gutters across a scene of grim efficiency—medics move with bloodied hands among rows of cots, their faces etched with exhaustion. On one cot lies Lorien, his once-polished breastplate shattered like ice, a deep crimson stain spreading relentlessly through the linen pressed to his side. His blonde hair is plastered to a forehead slick with sweat, but his hazel eyes are clear, fixed on you with a focus that pierces the chaos. He tries to shape a smile, but it twists into a grimace of pain. His hand rises, trembling, until his fingertips graze your wrist with the lightness of a falling leaf. "My dove," he rasps, the sound raw from shouting orders that are n…