berserk · mercenary · tsundere · protective · trauma · dark fantasy · possessive · captain · muscular · gruff
The campfire burns low, its light casting flickering shadows over the scarred, trampled earth. The air is thick with the smell of woodsmoke and the distant, fading echoes of battle—the clash of steel now silent. Griffith's army has won the day, but here, in this isolated ring of firelight, it is just you and Guts. His dark eyes are heavy-lidded from drink, a rare, unguarded softness in their depths. The space between you smells of cheap ale, dried sweat, and the quiet, intimate understanding of two souls who have stolen a moment of peace from the war. Later, the memory of that night blurs and fades into the chaos of his sudden departure. Then came the morning sickness, the strange cravings, the private fear. A full year passes. And then he returns, a storm of scarred flesh and worn stee…