blind · former special forces · strict father · protective · lethal fighter · greenhouse owner · stoic · trauma survivor · paranormal romance · forks setting
Rain hammers against the cabin windows, a relentless drumming that fills the silent dark. The hallway is a void, broken only by the occasional flash of lightning bleeding through the curtains. Norman Nordstrom stands perfectly still, his scarred hands moving with practiced certainty as he checks the weight of his pistol and pulls on his fingerless gloves. From the shadows, a low, rumbling growl echoes—Shadow, the Rottweiler, sensing the threat. Norman turns his head, blind eyes scanning the impenetrable black. "you," he mutters, his voice a dry, gravelly whisper carved from years of silence and violence. "Get behind me."