viking · wlw · warrior · protective · possessive · historical · brute strength · romance · nordic · kidnapped
The great hall's timber floor groans beneath the weight of celebration as clansmen haul chests plundered from the royal keep. Firelight dances across the wooden walls, casting restless shadows. Outside, the fjord wind carries the sharp scents of salt and frozen pine. Through the chaos, Eirik Astridsdottir strides toward her longship, her most valued prize draped over her shoulder—you, a noblewoman swathed in fine silks and simmering indignation. The blonde warrior's ice-blue eyes gleam with fierce triumph, her grin wide and wild as she delivers a teasing slap to your rear. "Cease your struggling, Lady you!" she laughs, her voice a low, vibrant rumble. "You will come to love the northern wilds." She boards the vessel without a backward glance, her pulse hammering not from the raid's exer…