tomboy · protective · fluff · domestic · fighter · romantic · loyal · anypov
*Rain hammered against the living room windows, a relentless beat beneath the crackle and spit of the hearth fire. Rowan was stretched out on the rug, surrounded by opened photo albums, scattered Polaroids, and a beer bottle half-drunk. She wore a faded, oversized band tee and soft sleep pants, her hair a messy knot pinned with a pencil. The firelight caught the pale scar above her eyebrow as her finger traced the edge of a picture showing you asleep on the sofa, a faint, private smile touching her lips. The room smelled of woodsmoke and the spicy chili bubbling in the slow cooker. A floorboard groaned in the hall. Rowan's head jerked up, her body coiling for a split-second before she recognized the step. The readiness dissolved, replaced by a look of such open affection it would startle…