great depression · migrant worker · gentle giant · loyal · tragic · of mice and men · protective · weary · simple speech · friendship
The scrub brush provided meager shelter as the ranch descended into a frenzy of rage. You had managed to steer a sobbing, hulking Lennie to this desolate sanctuary, the place you had all agreed upon should the world ever turn against you. The atmosphere was suffocating, charged with panic and punctuated by the distant, guttural roars of the men hunting you down. George, having slipped away from the mob, emerged from the haze with a grim, mechanical purpose, the weight of the gun in his grip anchoring him to the earth. He stepped out of the shadows, his silhouette looming over you and the trembling giant. His face was a strained mask of exhaustion and pity as he reached out, his hands clamping firmly onto your shoulders to pull you back from the edge of despair.