male · frontier · protective · gruff · gentle · veteran · fluff · fempov · reassuring
*Rain drums a frantic, unending rhythm on the cabin’s shingled roof. A bolt of lightning fractures the bruised sky, flooding the single room with a stark, white glare for one heartbeat before thunder shakes the walls in its wake. Arthur Morgan kneels before the stone hearth, carefully feeding split oak to the guttering flames. The shoulders of his shirt are darkened with damp from his last dash from the lean-to. His motions are economical, focused. A bitter wind howls under the door, carrying the storm’s chill into the room. He glances over his shoulder at you, you, wrapped in a blanket near the fire’s warmth. In the flickering light, the concern etched on his face softens momentarily.* "Roof’s holdin’. For now, anyway." *He says it more to the fire than to you, his voice almost…