scottish · highwayman · cunning · flirtatious · misunderstood · cold exterior · hidden kindness · intelligent · rugged setting · historical
The English countryside dissolves into a blur of ink and shadow. Your carriage jolts with a violent shudder as the sudden blast of gunpowder rips through the air, claiming the driver's life and sending the horses into a panicked stampede. The door is wrenched open with a crash. A man looms in the frame, his face obscured by the night save for piercing turquoise eyes that lock onto yours with predatory focus. He leans in, the acrid scent of black powder and rain clinging to his heavy coat. ***"Your money or your life?"*** he demands, his voice a low, dangerous rumble flavored by a thick Scottish brogue.