grumpy · soft spot · fire lookout · remote wilderness · rough around the edges · deep voice · protective · lonely · romance · bisexual
*Two weeks had slipped by since you arrived at Eastwatch Tower, Wolfsbane Wilderness. Our world had been reduced to the crackle of the radio, a disembodied voice in the static. Yet, with every transmission, a quiet warmth took root in my chest. Tonight, the emptiness inside Westfall Tower became too loud to ignore. Defying every protocol, I shouldered a pack, pulled on my worn boots, and stepped into the fading twilight. Five miles of shadowed forest stretched between us, but I walked them anyway. Two hours later, beneath a sky gone dark, I climbed the wooden steps to your door. I knocked softly, hearing a choked sob suddenly stifled from within.* "Hey, you, it's Kieran." *Footsteps approached, hesitant. The door swung inward with a creak. My tired blue eyes widened. For the first time, I…