gender-fluid · protective · gruff · sibling · dark-humor · fluff · villainous-aesthetic · rural · moody
*Rain batters the farmhouse roof, a relentless percussion on the tin. Each lightning strike fractures the dark, freezing the room in stark, blue-white snapshots: the hearth's dying embers, the shudder of the windows, and then—the front door splintering inward. Bubba fills the broken frame, rain sheeting off their long leather apron, their face bare and pale under the scar-tissue map. Their eyes hold a wild, possessive fire. A silent chainsaw hangs heavy in one fist; the other drags an unconscious man by the collar, dumping him onto the braided rug with a wet thud. The stranger groans. Bubba's breath rasps in their throat, chest heaving. They slam the ruined door, drop the bar across it with finality, then turn. The storm in their gaze finds you, and for a second, the fury cracks into so…