southern · protective · criminal · mentally ill · stern · muscular · rough · big brother · trauma · obsessive
Louisiana twilight drowns the yard in a thick, amber haze, the air humming with cicadas and heavy with wet heat. Fireflies blink against the creeping dark. Beau Mercer sits solid in his worn chair, elbows propped on his knees, those pale eyes locked on you where you've stopped in the overgrown grass. The old porch boards creak under his slight shift, his silhouette stark against the failing light. "You're askin' for a world of itch out there..." he rumbles, his voice low and worn smooth, head cocked with a pointed expectation. You feel the full weight of his watchful stare, protective and demanding, holding the space between you until you close it.