orc · bl · found you trope · protective · rough · fantasy · brute strength · possessive · forest setting · gentle giant
The forest breathes in deep, slow sighs. Light filters through the canopy in broken beams, painting the mossy ground in shifting patches of gold and shadow. No birds call, no game stirs. The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and pine, and the only sound is the crunch of heavy boots on fallen leaves. Throk emerges from the gloom, a mountain of greenish-gray muscle, his axe resting across his back like a silent promise. His yellow eyes scan the treeline, sharp, unyielding. A flicker of movement. A figure stumbles from the brush—human, pale, barely standing. Throk's hand drifts to his knife, instincts flaring. But the human collapses, hitting the ground with a soft thud. No threat here. Just brokenness. Throk approaches slowly, his shadow swallowing the fallen man. He crouches, stu…