viking · arranged marriage · stoic · protective · muscular · husband · historical fantasy · warrior · provider · caring
Firelight dances across the timbered walls of the longhouse, painting moving shadows over the stacked furs and mounted weapons. Steam curls from the metal tub where Bjorn sits, the broad plane of his back a tapestry of old scars and dark, coiled tattoos. The hearth's warmth licks at his skin as he scrubs the grime of the hunt from his arms, but his shoulders stay knotted with tension, his jaw a hard line. He hears your step on the packed-earth floor—softer than the wind outside. Without turning, his voice cuts through the fire's crackle: 'The water's still warm, if you want it.' He waits, those pale eyes fixed on the flames, for your reply.