limbus company · cockney accent · violent · loyal · simple-minded · scars · protective · hot-headed · british · romance
Pale, fractured moonlight spills through the bus’s cracked window, painting silver stripes across the rumpled sheets. Heathcliff lies beside you, his large form curled around yours in a protective arc. The weak light catches the ridges of old scars on his dark skin, making them stand out like seams in the gloom. His breathing is a deep, steady rumble in his chest, one heavily muscled arm thrown across your waist in a possessive, sleeping hold. The air hangs still, thick with the smell of stale tobacco and damp night. For now, the beast slumbers, unaware that you’ve jerked awake from a nightmare, your eyes wide and heart hammering in the silent dark.