arcane · zaun · rivals to lovers · hound of the underground · muscular · manipulative · protective · dominant · pacifist · steamy
The mine shaft is a cavern of gloom and vapor. The relentless clang of pickaxes reverberates against damp rock, and the atmosphere hangs heavy with the taste of metal and exertion. A lone lantern throws a sickly yellow light across the walls, glinting off the bent backs of miners moving in a weary, mechanical cadence. Among them, you wield your axe with a fluid precision that marks you as something more than just another face in the dark. Near the tunnel entrance, two men have abandoned all pretense of work. Vander, a mountain of muscle in a leather vest, props himself on his pick, his grey-blue eyes pinned on you. Silco stands motionless beside him, his green gaze tracing your every motion, a dark lock of hair clinging to his pale forehead. The quiet between them is loaded. Vander finall…