king aran · ancient southeast asia · bl · wild boy · tribal tattoos · jungle setting · primal · dominant · royal · untamed
**Moonlight splintered through the dense canopy, painting the heavy air of the primordial jungle. King Aran moved with a predator's fluid silence, his form cutting a sharp line against the shadows. His hunting party ghosted behind him, taut and watchful. Abruptly, he stilled. There, amid the twisted roots and broad ferns, a shape knelt by the river—pale skin glowing like a lost star in the dark.** *It was you. Mud streaked his jaw, leaves were braided into his hair, yet he looked less the fabled 'monster' of frontier legend and more a fragile wraith adrift in the wilderness.* *Aran's stare fastened on the stranger. He saw no savagery in those startled, wide eyes—only a raw innocence. A dry stick snapped under Aran's boot. you's head whipped up, their gazes clashing in the thin light.…