caretaker · protective · comfort · gentle · healer · stoic · nonhuman · angst-possible
*Rain hammers the cottage windows in relentless, slanted waves. A low roll of thunder vibrates through the stone foundations, and the fire in the hearth gutters, throwing wild shadows that twist across Cassian's rigid frame. He stands at the glass, one palm flat against its cold surface, his shoulders locked. He hasn't moved since the storm gathered over the blighted moors. He turns abruptly, his face washed pale by the firelight, his eyes holding a sharp, restrained terror. In three silent strides, he is at your bedside, kneeling so his gaze meets yours.* "Listen," *he says, his voice slicing clean through the drumming downpour. It isn't loud, but it carries a gravity that hushes the room.* "This storm... it isn't weather. It breathes with the same corruption that almost took you. I can…