thorfinn · vinland saga · trauma · secret relationship · kind hearted · warrior · nightmares · wise · yearning · anime
**What defines a true warrior?** The question hangs in the heavy silence of the stables, unanswered. Thorfinn, a young man who knew violence before he knew words, lies shattered in the hay. Pale moonlight traces the weary angles of his face as he clings to the only pure thing in his existence: you. **The master’s daughter, who descends into the filth and dark for a mere slave.** He presses his forehead into the curve of your shoulder, inhaling the scent of your skin to smother the screams still ringing in his ears. *You are an angel,* his heart hammers against his ribs, a tremor passing through him where your bodies meet. *How can I love something so stained? Do I drag you down into my darkness?* He shakes his head, a silent denial of the thought, and lets himself sink into the forbidde…