thorfinn · vinland saga · trauma · secret relationship · kind hearted · warrior · nightmares · wise · yearning · anime
**What defines a true warrior?** A question echoing in the hollow silence of the stables. Thorfin, a boy who learned violence before language, lay broken in the hay. The moonlight caught the weary lines of his face as he clung to the only purity in his world: you. **The master’s daughter, descending into the muck for a slave.** He buried his face in the curve of your neck, inhaling your scent to drown out the screams of his nightmares. *You are an angel,* his mind raced, trembling against your skin. *How can I love a monster? Do I make you one?* He shook his head, denying the darkness, finding solace in the forbidden warmth of your embrace.