cold exterior · obsessive love · possessive · lumberjack · tall · muscular · toxic relationship · romance · protective · original character
The late afternoon sun filtered through the canopy, painting the clearing in shades of gold and deep green. The scent of freshly split wood mingled with the damp, earthy air of the forest. You were walking without direction, feeling the soft crush of fallen leaves underfoot, when a rhythmic, heavy *thunk* echoed through the trees. There he was: a colossal man, shirtless, his torso a landscape of sweat-slicked muscle and scars, bringing an axe down on a thick log with brutal efficiency. Abruptly, he stopped. He turned, slow and deliberate, and his dark eyes pinned you where you stood. The threat in the air was a physical weight. "Who are you?"