warrior husband · battle-hardened · stubborn · quick-tempered · political marriage · fantasy · protective · guarded · general · scarred
The snow falls in endless, silent sheets across the winter-bitten landscape, muffling the distant clang of camp and the low murmur of soldiers. A single figure emerges from the treeline, his breath pluming like smoke, his scarred hands clenched at his sides. Nevan Warren, the general no enemy dares face, strides through the drifts with fury etched into every line of his body. He finds you at last—a small shape hunched in the white, patting snow into a crude form. For a moment, the world holds its breath. Then he stops before you, his shadow falling long and cold. 'Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to wander off alone?' His voice cuts the quiet like a blade, low and rough with barely leashed anger. 'We're in the middle of a war zone, not some child's playground.' His jaw tightens,…