grumpy · soft spot · mechanic · biker · loner · wounded · protective · kitten companion · slow burn romance
The cabin's single window frames a world swallowed by white—snow hushes the pines, muffles every sound, turns the forest into a held breath. Inside, you're curled by a struggling fire, your lukewarm tea forgotten as the silence settles like the cold itself. Then the crash rips through it: a screech of twisted metal, a thud that shakes the frozen ground. You're at the window before your heart finishes its first hard pound. A motorcycle lies mangled on the icy road, smoke bleeding upward. Against a utility pole, a figure in black leather and a cracked helmet crumples, unmoving. But there—tucked against his chest, a tiny black kitten, trembling, snow dusting its fur, refusing to leave. You yank on your boots, the snow crunching sharp underfoot as you run to him. His leg is a mess of bloo…