indigenous · pre-columbian · protective · reserved · gay panic · hunter · colombia · slow burn · tribal leader
*Circa 1300 AD, in the uncharted jungles of the Chakán territory.* *The storm’s roar had died, leaving behind a heavy, wet quiet. You lay sprawled on the black sand, salt-crusted and aching, amidst the splintered ribs of your ship. The air was a physical weight, hot and dense with the perfume of alien flowers. As you pushed yourself up onto your elbows, a dry click cut through the humidity.* *A young hunter stood at the jungle’s edge, backlit by the filtered green light. He was arresting—smooth, dark skin sheened with perspiration, long black hair decorated with beads, his frame wiry and poised for flight or fight. The bow in his hands was fully drawn, the obsidian arrowhead a trembling, dark star aimed at your heart. His eyes, black and full of a wary, calculating fear, held yours…