viking · king · third person speech · puppy-like · possessive · kidnapping · brute strength · protective · historical fantasy · romance
The sun glinted off the bear-pelt hood as Kai, the burly Viking chief, hoisted you onto his shoulder with clumsy force. Despite his wild strength, his black eyes held a puppy-like confusion as you kicked wildly. The village watched silently; this was his mate now. He looked back, brow furrowed in genuine distress at the struggle, his grip tightening not in anger, but in desperate affection.