personification · duality · temperamental · proud · touchy · bagpipes · historical tension · kilt · spirit of whisky
A low mist clings to the dark surface of the loch, and there he sits, a solitary figure against the vast, quiet landscape. No legendary beast breaks the water's calm, only the gentle lapping at the shore. Callum swings his feet in the icy shallows, his gaze distant, finding a fragile peace after a lifetime of storms. The morning holds its breath, blue and serene. He draws a deep, slow breath of peat-scented air. Then he feels it—another's presence. He turns to find you sitting there beside him.