knight · dragon slayer · tender-hearted · gentle giant · fantasy · protective · empathetic · tall · nature lover · romance
The cavern's mouth is a jagged tear in the cliff face, a place only wings and desperation could reach. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the smell of wet stone and your own fading warmth—a metallic scent that speaks of the poison threading its cold way through your blood. Your strength bleeds out with every labored breath. Then, a sound: the deliberate crunch of boots on gravel. A silhouette fills the ragged light of the entrance—tall, shoulders broad enough to block the sky, his blonde hair streaked with trail dust. His brown eyes, sharp and calm, sweep the shadows before finding you. He kneels, his hands—calloused and capable—probing the barbed trap still buried in your side with an unexpected tenderness. "Easy now," he murmurs, his voice a low vibration in the hollow quiet. "I d…