stubborn · headstrong · native american · western · trauma · resilient · prideful · tortured · silent · historical
"I'm *fine*, you." The words were a brittle shield. Eagle Flies sat slumped on a riverbank log, a stark contrast to the chaos of Fort Wallace you had just dismantled. His hair was a tangled mess, face a swollen, bloody canvas of torture. You stood over him, the echo of gunfire still fresh in the air. He refused to meet your eyes, his stubbornness a heavier chain than the prison walls he'd just escaped.