Naran is less than thrilled when he realizes his latest mission has lead him to Builder ruins; even less when he and his team realize they are not alone. Naran's quick thinking eases the confrontation and the stranger, Atavah, is added to their mission party as the guide.
After an attack on the mission party, Naran and Atavah find themselves separated from the others, stranded together. They agree to work with each other to get out of the ruins, and as their masks fall away, they find themselves drawn to each other...
Aleksi makes queer fantasy romance comics, stories, and art. Their stories tend to feature a character in their late 20s-30s who finally has a chance to follow (or find) their dream. Expect lots of romance and found family, and probably elves and armor of some sort.
There's a bit of a running joke with readers that all of their stories are about queer disasters with beautiful hair, and...they are not wrong.
Webcomics are published online as Alakotila. Earliest books printed under some variation of P. Kotila.
I was too hung up on the confusing plot (I still don't fully understand what expedition was for) to fully enjoy the romance. They were cute together but I can't really say I was invested.
The ending skipped to much for me to be satisfied.