[BL] When Silence Remembers
Episode 1
The village woke slowly.
Like a body reluctant to leave sleep.
Mist clung low to the earth,soft, and curling around wooden homes like it belonged there more than the people did.
The air carried the scent of damp soil and crushed herbs.
To Elias…
That scent meant home.
Beginning.
Responsibility.
Elias
(He adjusted the strap of his satchel, glass vials clinking softly inside.
Measured. Controlled. Safe.)
He liked things like that.
Things that could be controlled.
villager
**calling out**Elias!
An elderly woman stood at her doorway, wrapped in a faded shawl ,aged, but far from quiet.
villager
Sweetheart my knees are acting up again.🥲
Elias
**gentle**l’ll come by after breakfast.
He was already thinking ahead.
Compress. Tonic. Pain relief.
villager
**soft smile**
You’re just like your mother.
But the words followed him.
Admiration.
Expectation.
Grief.
A shadow he could never outrun.
He continued his walk home
Simple. Worn.
But heavy with something more.
Hope…
Or what was left of it.
Leaves scattered.
Basket overturned.
footsteps scrambling.
Milly
**hiding behind the wall**
He looked at the mess.
Then at her.
Elias
You were supposed to be resting.😒
Milly
i was. But then I got bored.
Milly
It is if you rest your brain.
He rubbed his temple.
Trying not to smile.
Failing just slightly.
She stepped out fully now.
Hands behind her back.
Trying to look innocent.
It didn’t work.
Elias
Did you touch the fever herbs?
Elias
Did you open the storage cabinet?
Milly
I was looking for something
Elias knelt, gathering the herbs.
Precise. Practiced.
Effortless.
Milly
**quietly** you’re going to overwork yourself again.
Elias
I’m not overworking.
Milly
You didn’t sleep properly.
Milly softened.
Just a little.
Milly
**sad smile** Still… Mom would be angry she would have scolded you
Elias
Mom always said the sick don’t wait for you to be rested.
Milly
She also said healers die young if they don’t take care of themselves.
And because that truth led somewhere he didn’t want to go.
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