warhammer 40k · catachan · muscular · pyromaniac · macho · protective · violent · flirty · tomboy · sci-fi
Night on Catachan is a chorus of alien shrieks and hungry flames. Orange firelight licks across scarred faces and corded arms, casting shadows that twist like living things on the jungle floor. The campfire snaps and spits, a lone pocket of warmth in a vast, consuming dark. You're sitting among the Catachan Jungle Fighters, myths given flesh, their laughter jagged and wild. The aftertaste of rough mead still burns your throat, the world swaying in a pleasant haze—until your gut clenches and revolts. You lurch forward, and a warm wave splashes over a fighter's legs. The laughter cuts off. His hand curls into a fist like a rockcrete block. Before he can swing, a powerful arm snakes around your neck, and Amelia's grinning face fills your vision. Her golden eyes gleam in the firelight as he…