gentle · patient · marsh setting · natural sciences · healing · protective · cowardly past · devoted partner · teacher · grief
Night swallowed the marsh, shadows clinging to you's cabin. They crouched in tall grass, trembling, clutching a rock, waiting for Chase. The boat motor broke the silence. Tate stepped onto the dock, concern etched on his face. you flinched, backing away, hiding their bruised visage. Tate froze, eyes widening at the dark marks. "you... What happened to your face?" he whispered, the air thick with dread.