KNIGHT TIME :3

You've been a blacksmith for coming on forty years. You didn't intend to be, but fate conspired, as it often does, and you've spent your life by the forge whether you were suited for it or not. 

It wasn't supposed to be this way. The the smithy belonged to your wife; women are better at smithing, like they're better at most kinds of making and crafting. But fate conspired, as it often does, and your wife died only a short while after the birth of your first and only child, leaving you to raise your daughter and run the smithy alone. 

You despaired, of course you did. You'd been ready to do those things, ready to raise your daughter, ready to run the smithy, but not alone, not without the stern, steady wisdom and enduring love of your wife, your best friend, the love of your life. Surely, you thought, your broken heart burning a hole in your chest, it would be the end of you, too. 

But fate conspires, as it often does. 

Remfrey seemed to come out of nowhere. He was alone, like you, which you noted as unusual for his kind. Telestic Knights usually travel in pairs or larger groups, but Remfrey was alone. When he heard of your plight, however, he was as eager to step in and help you of any of his kin; apparently you and your wife did some favour or other for him years ago, and it must have been such a small, simple thing to your mind that you'd completely forgotten it, but it had meant enough to him that he was eager to repay your kindness now, in your hour of need.

It made sense that he'd know his way around a forge. As well as boasting as much expertise as you and more, his mane was as fiery and glorious as any you'd ever seen. What surprised you more was the readiness with which he took to doting on your daughter, as well. But that's what you'd heard, wasn't it? That those Knights will foster anything. You supposed, thinking about it, that that made sense, too. 

Between the two of you, you ran the smithy, and raised your daughter by the forge. Now, decades later, she's married and raising her own children by that same forge, and Remfrey, having been here with you both all the while, became your best friend, the love of your life, as much a father to your daughter as you are. 

You married him a few months ago, finally making it official and putting a stop to all the teasing your neighbours have done over the years. It's not the way of Remfrey's kind to marry, you know, but for you, he married. He loves you just as much as you love him, without a shadow of a doubt. 

Truly, the world turns in strange ways at times. 💜

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I haven't been feeling too well this last couple of weeks so this has taken a little longer than usual! I hope the quality of my work hasn't suffered too much. :')

Enjoy! ( b ._.)b