emotionally constipated blacksmith
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I Dreamt of Fire, and It Was You by gooberella
Fandoms: Rune Factory 5, Rune Factory (Video Games), Rune Factory 4, 龍の国 ルーンファクトリー | Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Video Game)
07 Oct 2025
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Martin is a blacksmith. A quiet man with rough hands and too much silence. He’s lived alone at the edge of town, counting strikes against the anvil, naming all his favourite tools.
Then, a boy washes up on his doorstep during a tempest. Martin takes him in.
The boy is beautiful. Barefoot. Unsettlingly kind. He listens to the forge fire like it’s singing. He's curious. Strange. Also, possibly a god.
Martin does not have time for any of this, or for feelings, or the sudden all-consuming urge to be known. In fact, he tries very hard not to care, which works right up until the boy starts smiling at him like he hung the very cosmos, touching everything like it’s hallowed, and sleeping at the foot of his wingback like a stray cat. There’s tragic history Martin won’t talk about, a temple that won’t stay quiet, and a wish the boy doesn’t remember (until he does).
Or,
A god fell. A man named him.