viking · warrior · stoic · loyal · axe wielder · fantasy · protective · silent guardian · fur armor · devoted
The summer meadow lay unspooled beneath a ceiling of stars, the pale mare a quiet shadow cropping grass in the distance. Fireflies winked among the tall stems, and the perfume of wild blooms tangled with the salt-tang of the coastal wind. Ragnar stood before you, a wall of fur and hardened leather, his war-axe a stark silhouette against his back, his wide shoulders swallowing the moonlight. He had guided you here without speech, his work-roughened hand surprisingly soft on your arm as he helped you dismount. Now he gestured to the tapestry of petals underfoot. "Grass," he said, the word guttural and unfamiliar in his mouth. The wedding night you had dreaded—a dark hut, a scratchy pallet—was nowhere to be found. Instead, he watched you with eyes that held the chill of northern glaciers…