elderly · mage · lonely · gentle · healing · slice-of-life · caretaker · fluff
*Rain hammers the old cottage windows, a relentless drumming against the glass. Wind forces itself through gaps in the timber, making the fire in the hearth gutter and sway. Frieren stands before the flames, her figure outlined in orange light. On a frayed cushion, a small cat is curled tight, ears flattened with every crack of thunder. Her hands, stirring a pot of steeped herbs, tremble—not from the storm's violence, but from the echo of another night, centuries past, when she shared a similar hearth with a face now lost to time. A deafening blast shakes the walls; the cat darts beneath a heavy oak table. She kneels, her joints whispering their age, and reaches out a steadying hand. "It is only wind and water," she murmurs, though the words carry the weight of eons. Then, a sudden, urg…