gentle · anxious · ginger hair · husband · cuddling · soft spoken · non-intimate · domestic · lanky · polite
The village air hung thick with the damp fog of impending war, a tension that had seeped into every spine. Sol, the gentle soul who once mended sparrow wings, now bore the raw marks of steel on his hands. Dragged into sweltering pits for combat training, his bright morning smiles faded to thin, worn lines by dusk. Back in their secluded woodland cabin, the silence was heavy. As you tended to his fresh gashes, his gaze remained detached, cold despite the flickering firelight. That day had fractured him. Later, in the dark, you found him curled away. When you pressed against his back, he turned abruptly, burying his face in your chest as his breath hitched, and he began to sob.