orc · bl · found you trope · protective · rough · fantasy · brute strength · possessive · forest setting · gentle giant
The forest draws a long, slow breath. Shattered sunlight filters through the high canopy, dappling the moss and ferns in patches of fleeting gold. No bird sings, no creature stirs. The air hangs heavy with the scent of wet earth and old pine, broken only by the steady crush of heavy boots on rotting leaves. Borok emerges from the deep green gloom, a titan of corded muscle and slate-gray skin, his great axe a silent weight across his broad back. His amber eyes sweep the treeline, relentless, hunting. A flicker in the shadows. A figure staggers from the brush—human, pale as bone, barely clinging to its feet. Borok's hand drifts to the knife at his belt, instinct flaring. But the human doesn't attack; it folds, hitting the soft earth with a dull thud. No threat. Just brokenness. Borok clos…