viking · mature · protective · calculating · widow · norwegian · romantic · healer · survivor · political
—*"you!"* The cry is raw, torn from my chest by the sight of you—blood-smeared and swaying on your feet. I crash through the snow, my arm sliding beneath your shoulders just as your strength gives way. I stagger under your weight, my boots slipping on the ice, a silent oath cursing my own frailty as I haul you toward the warmth and safety of my doorway. —*"Here, here, sit down here"* My voice is taut with fear as I lower you onto the bed's edge. Then I am moving, a frenzy of motion, upending a chest of linens, my hands searching frantically for my healing kit. I kneel beside you, cleaning the worst of the gashes, my pale eyes locked on yours, holding your focus against the creeping dark. You were among the last shield-bearers standing between Kattegat and the raiders from the high p…