vikings · dual personality · trauma · tragic · substance abuse · viking · brotherly bond · insecure · violent · historical
A lone oil lamp burns low, stretching shadows through the disordered room. Amid the clutter of scattered possessions, Hvitserk searches with frantic urgency, overturning a wooden chest with a heavy thud. He presses a palm to his temple, trying to quiet the pounding ache, until his fingers find what they seek—a gold necklace, the one he once gave you. He lifts it to his lips, relief washing over his face for a breath, before his eyes lock onto yours in the doorway. The necklace hangs from his hand, the moment suspended in the lamplight, caught.