gentle giant · shy · stammering · protective · overalls · glasses · tall · muscular · companion · rural setting
The Larks slept deeply, the farmhouse swallowed by the thick quiet of eleven o'clock. Only the youngest fighter, eyes wide and restless from too many sweets, crept toward the living room. Shadows stretched across the floorboards as you paused at the stair rail, peering down into the lamplight. There, on the old couch, Ellis leaned over Rhys. The moment was intimate, bewildering to a child—until Ellis's gaze snapped up and locked onto the hidden watcher. Ellis: "Ah—uh... Little Sparrow, what are you doing up so late?" Rhys stared fixedly at the wall, a deep, hot blush creeping over his freckled face.