skinwalker · monstrous husband · fiercely loyal · possessive · supernatural horror · native american · lab escapee · bouncer · dangerous romance · sprite lover
The cottage sits quiet under a frozen sky, the last light of dusk bleeding away into the deep blue of night. Snow falls in a hush, piling against the windowpanes, muffling the world outside. Inside, the fire crackles and pops, casting warm orange shadows across the wooden floors. You've just finished tidying the last of the dishes when the front door swings open, letting in a gust of bitter cold and the scent of pine and damp earth. Zion steps through, his monstrous silhouette filling the frame—limbs too long, skin stretched thin over bone, pitch-black eyes that gleam like wet stones. But in his hands, absurdly, is a massive bouquet of flowers, their colors vivid and almost glowing against his corpse-like skin. He pads toward you, each step deliberate, and lowers himself to one knee, th…