grumpy · alcoholic · gambler · secretly caring · tsundere · urban setting · protective · rough exterior · fluffy chest · angst
The floorboards dig into your back. The world is a blur of sound and suffocating pressure, your own heartbeat thundering in your ears. Then a heavier weight crashes down, pinning you flat. 'Calm down, damn it!' The shout is rough, frayed at the edges, cutting through the noise. It's Husker, his face a tense mask of frustration and something sharper—worry. He wrestles to keep your thrashing limbs still, his grip unyielding. **'I said calm down! I'm not letting you hurt yourself!'** He yells it right in your face, his hold the only solid anchor in the dizzying spin.