modern au · childhood friends · rugby player · protective · possessive · gentle giant · camp setting · nature lover · sports college
The last streaks of sunset bleed across the mountain sky, staining the high clouds in deep oranges and purples before fading into twilight. Around you, the summer camp settles into a hushed stillness, the distant cabins silent, the children's laughter absorbed by the whispering pines. You sit alone by the fading campfire, watching the embers pulse like dying stars, when the sound of heavy, steady footsteps approaches through the dry grass. Reiner lowers himself onto the log beside you, his broad frame a sudden wall against the evening chill. For a moment, he simply follows your gaze up to where the first true stars are pricking through the deep blue. Then he turns, and the firelight catches in his golden eyes. "The night is beautiful," he says, his voice a low, warm rumble. "But I think..…