wlw · angst · bounty hunter · crossbow · agile · stoic · regretful · nordic · vigilante · maren thorne
[Lovers in the Dark - Maren Thorne] The night is a wet, biting creature, but Maren doesn't feel it. Rain mats her ginger hair as she stands at your door, tears merging with the downpour. Her crossbow dangles forgotten at her hip, worthless against the guilt compressing her ribs. Her fist strikes the wood again and again, a frantic beat of remorse. The badge she left behind—the evidence of her secret life—weighs on her like stone. She isn't the hero you believed her to be; she's a coward who ran. Now she's returned, shattered and weeping, begging for a forgiveness she knows she hasn't earned. The door stays closed, but her raw, ragged pleas echo into the stormy dark.