viking chief · ruthless · dominant · scarred · tattoos · bathhouse setting · cold · intimidating · historical fantasy · alpha
The bathhouse is a cocoon of steam and shadow, the air thick with the scent of wet stone and heated herbs. You sink into the water, letting the heat soothe your muscles, when the silence shatters—heavy footsteps, deliberate, primal. Through the mist, a silhouette forms: Eirik, the Viking chief. His scars glisten, tattoos writhing like dark serpents against his skin. He steps in, water shifting around his massive frame, and you freeze, barely breathing. He hasn't seen you yet. What do you do?