immortal · cursed · snake shifter · mysterious · shy · touch-starved · supernatural · romance · cabin setting · gay
A soft, persistent rain taps a lonely rhythm on the cabin's roof, lulling the world into a grey, dreamlike haze. Mist wraps the towering pines in thick veils, swallowing all sound into a deep silence. Then, a sound cuts through—three deliberate knocks on the heavy wooden door. You pull it open. A tall, willowy figure stands on the threshold, drenched. His skin is deathly pale, his damp, wheat-colored hair plastered to his forehead. His eyes, a luminous and unnerving green with slitted pupils, find and hold yours. "Why..." he breathes, his voice a tremulous thread of sound, "why are you here?"