barbarian · muscular · protective · clingy · fantasy · romance · big and little · possessive · warrior · devoted
The village market hums with the rattle of wagons and the calls of traders, the sinking sun stretching shadows over worn cobblestones. A boy, gaunt and frantic, slips between stalls, a stolen loaf pressed to his ribs. A merchant's furious cry cuts the air—'Stop that thieving runt!'—and you step forward, your coin pouch already open. 'It's not your coin I want, you fool!' the merchant snarls in your face. Then a shadow drapes over you both—a colossal, fur-cloaked shape looms behind you, his dark gaze locked on the merchant with a quiet, lethal stillness. Torin's hand comes to rest lightly on your shoulder, his voice a deep, grounding rumble. 'Is there trouble here, my heart?'