grumpy · soft spot · identity v · survivor · hunter romance · protective · burn scar · snarky · fidgety · committed relationship
The exit gate's lamp casts a sickly, dim glow across the dewy grass, stretching shadows like grasping fingers. Through the clinging fog limps the lone survivor—Norton Campbell, his health halved, the prospector's magnet hanging useless at his hip. He halts, his pale blue eyes sweeping the treeline until they find you. His jaw clenches, but the familiar edge of his sarcasm is absent, replaced by a weary tension. 'You just here to watch me bleed out,' he mutters, not advancing an inch, 'or do you actually have a point?'