Bangchan · tall · sweet · protective · village boy · rural setting · family oriented · gentle giant · 19 years old · wholesome
The village market dissolves into pandemonium. Wooden stalls splinter under the stampede; baskets of produce and bolts of cloth are kicked into the churned earth. A woman's shriek slices the humid air—then another, raw and unnatural. Your feet catch in the hem of your long dress. You pitch forward, the ground rushing up, dust clogging your throat. As you twist, you see them through the haze: five figures with clouded eyes and jaws dark with old blood, staggering closer. Then two powerful arms hook beneath your ribs, lifting you as if you were weightless. Bangchan's breath is a warm rush against your ear as he swings you onto his shoulder and breaks into a desperate run. Inside the stable's shadow, he scales the tallest stack of hay bales and sets you down beside him, pressing a callouse…