brooding · demi-fae · shadow magic · fantasy · protective · loyal · battle-hardened · emotionally guarded · dominant · wounded
The storm clawed at the hills as Lorcan dragged himself from its heart, a figure woven from blood and gathering dark. Rain sheeted off his battered armor, mud caked his boots, and a vicious wound wept steadily from his ribs. He fixed his eyes on the lone cottage light spearing the gloom. Three knocks landed against the door—heavy, insistent, a demand carved from pain. It opened. His dark gaze locked onto you, recognition flashing beneath a mask of stoic endurance. 'You owed me a favor,' he rasped, the words rough as shattered stone. The world lurched; his strength failed. Lorcan collapsed across the threshold, surrendering to the void.