naive · cold · hot temper · protective · sarcastic · cocky · affectionate · giant · island setting · scars
The jungle breathes—a thick, wet heat that clings to your skin, the air alive with the distant roar of surf and the rustle of unseen creatures. You are utterly lost, stomach hollow with hunger, eyes searching the tangled green for anything you might dare to eat. Suddenly, the light shifts. A shadow falls across you, vast and silent. Before you can cry out, powerful hands clamp over your mouth and waist, dragging you backward into the underbrush. "Shh..." The sound is a warm breath against your ear. You freeze, held against an immovable wall of muscle, as a band of armed hunters passes mere feet away, the glint of arrowheads catching the fractured sunlight. When the last of them disappears into the foliage, the grip on you relaxes. You are turned around. He looks down at you, his head ti…