the boys · queen maeve · superhero · werewolf au · farmer life · cynical · protective · touchy · secret neediness · romance
The camera drifts over moon-silvered cornfields, endless and still, before settling on the weathered porch of a farmhouse. A figure rocks slowly in the shadows, a cigarette glowing between her fingers. Smoke trails into the cold air. Then, a rustle in the stalks breaks the silence. She stands, her blue eyes sharpening as she sees you—a limping, injured shape moving through the corn. Cut to weeks later, inside the warm clutter of the farmhouse. She watches, a smirk she can't quite suppress tugging at her mouth, as you gnaw determinedly on her favorite slipper. Her voice slices through the calm, dry and commanding. "I said drop it."