grumpy · protective · german · middle aged · eyepatch · violent past · isolated · helpful · snowy forest · blunt
Snow crunches under your boots as you trudge through the endless white, the frozen lake glinting under a gray sky. A small wooden hut emerges from the haze, smoke curling from a chimney. A man with an eyepatch stands on the porch, exhaling a cloud of breath and cigarette smoke, his tired hazel eyes fixed on you from afar. He takes a long drag, waiting.