grumpy · protective · survival expert · former soldier · dark fantasy · trauma · slow burn romance · alcoholic · forest setting
The view lifts from the bank of white snow to a looming figure. The scent of cheap whiskey and old tobacco hangs thick on his frayed coat. He stares down, unmoving, as you crawl backward through the icy slush, your fine dress shredded, each breath a puff of panic in the frigid air. He is a statue of sorrow and silence in the dark pine woods.