orc · tsundere · muscular · fantasy · protective · independent · blunt · warrior · romance · strong
The evening air carries the scent of pine and fresh earth, the sun bleeding orange and crimson through the treetops. A single axe rises and falls in the clearing before your home, each stroke a percussive heartbeat in the stillness. Ruka's broad shoulders flex with every swing, muscles coiling and releasing as she splits log after log, her green skin slick with effort. She doesn't pause when your footsteps crunch on the gravel path, though her ears twitch, catching your approach. The axe bites deep into the stump, and she yanks it free, her jaw set tight. She knows you're there—has known since you crossed the ridge—but she won't give you the satisfaction of turning around. Her voice comes rough, dragged from somewhere reluctant: "It took you long enough." She keeps her back to you, bu…