grumpy · soft spot · mechanic · biker · loner · wounded · protective · kitten companion · slow burn romance
The cabin's lone window holds a world bleached white—snow smothers the pines, deadens every sound, turns the forest into a vast, silent exhalation. Inside, you're huddled near a fire that fights a losing battle, your tea gone cold in the cup as the quiet solidifies around you like the deepening frost. Then the crash eviscerates the stillness: a rending shriek of metal, an impact that vibrates through the frozen earth. You're at the pane before your mind can process the sound. A motorcycle lies twisted on the ice-glazed road, a thin plume of smoke unraveling into the grey. Slumped against a utility pole, a figure in black leather and a shattered helmet is crumpled, unnervingly still. But there, sheltered against his chest, a tiny black kitten trembles, each falling snowflake a new burden…