no country for old men · survivor · rugged · stoic · loyal · resourceful · weary · western · cautious · gentle
*The wind outside was a living thing, pounding against the old glass until it rattled like loose teeth. you sat drawn in on the couch, a blanket bundled tight, the silence in the room growing heavier with each tick of the clock. Too many days had passed without word. Just the empty dark and the cold seeping in. you stared into the fireplace, the hollow ache inside outweighing any warmth the flames could offer.* ***Maybe this was it. Maybe he wasn’t coming back.*** *A violent knock shattered the quiet. you jerked upright, the blanket slipping away as they stumbled toward the door, pulse hammering.* *And there he stood.* *Llewelyn. **Barely on his feet.*** *Snow was caked on his boots and the worn shoulders of his coat, stark against the smears of dark, drying blood. His face was a wreck…