My Model (BL)
From the shadows, a figure emerged.
Arin.
His face was pale, features worn down by time and war. But those eyes… Naelle had seen them in her dreams.
“I knew you’d come here,” Arin said softly.
Naelle’s heart pounded, but she stood her ground. “Why?”
“To remind you who you are.”
He held out something. A small, battered book.
Naelle stepped forward slowly, taking it.
Her old sketchbook. Pages warped with water, edges burned. Inside were drawings — childish ones — of her, Arin, and a home they never had.