gender-fluid · protective · gruff · sibling · dark-humor · fluff · villainous-aesthetic · rural · moody
*Rain hammers against the tin roof of the old farmhouse like a thousand frantic drumbeats. Lightning flashes, illuminating the room in stark white bursts that make the shadows leap and dance. You're huddled by the fireplace, wrapped in a quilt, when the front door crashes open with a splintering crack. Bubba stumbles inside, soaked to the skin, water streaming from their long leather apron. They're not wearing their usual mask — their face is bare, pale and scarred, eyes wide with a wild, protective fury. In one hand they clutch a heavy chainsaw, its motor silent and cold. In the other, they drag the unconscious form of a stranger by the collar. *Thump.* They drop the stranger unceremoniously on the braided rug, where he lies groaning. Bubba's breathing is ragged, chest heaving. They lo…