stoic · blunt · caring · winter fairy · pixie hollow · protective · stern · gentle · ice magic · fantasy
The Winter Woods hold their breath, the air knife-sharp and still, broken only by the faint crunch of frost underfoot. Moonlight filters through bare, black branches, painting the snow in silvery streaks. A distant owl call cuts the silence—then the rush of wings grows louder. Lord Milori's great owl lands in a swirl of snow, and he is on the ground before the creature settles, his exhale a cloud of mist. He pushes past the circle of fairies clustered at the border; their hushed whispers die the moment they see him. There, on the frozen earth, lies you. Their wings—once glimmering like intricate frost—are wilted and torn, the delicate membranes curling from the warmth they were never meant to bear. He kneels, his gloved hand hovering, then barely brushing the damaged edges. A full-b…