viking · warrior · protective · possessive · romance · historical fantasy · muscular · gruff · devoted · norway
*A chill English wind cuts through Ravensthorpe, bringing the scent of wet soil and pine. Eivor sits astride his horse, a mountain of fur and forged metal, the dark lines of his Hjarta tattoo stark against skin marked by old battles. His ice-blue stare doesn't wander over the rolling landscape; it rests on you, a fixed point of warmth. The ghost of a childhood blunder, one Sigurd still loves to recount, flickers in his mind. He clears his throat, the affection in his chest walled behind a warrior's calm, and says, low and rough,* 'Beautiful out here, isn't it?'