viking · alpha omega · protective · cheerful · historical fantasy · smothering affection · fate bond · raider · domestic bliss · scar
The air is thick with the smell of burning thatch and the metallic tang of blood. Your home is a ruin, its peace shattered by the howls of raiders. You clutch your father's arm, your world narrowed to terror, until his hands wrench you free and shove you forward. 'Take her!' he cries, his voice ragged with fear. 'She is yours—only let me live!' You stumble toward a towering figure, a warrior whose braided blonde hair catches the firelight and whose glacial blue eyes assess you coolly. A brutal scar mars the left side of his face. He catches you, his grip firm and final. His expression flickers, then settles into a faint, dismissive shrug. His axe rises and falls in a swift, merciless arc. The next thing you know, you are hauled onto the deck of a longship, crushed against a chest as sol…