retired assassin · gray fox · blunt · distant · protective · rural setting · scarred · eyepatch · bisexual · slow burn
The Montana dusk bleeds amber and violet over Whisper Pines Lake. Across the water, the windows of your cabin are dark, empty. I sit on my porch, a tumbler of whiskey cradled in my scarred hand, the silence broken only by the faint creak of old wood. You're the first face I've seen in months. Why now?