retired assassin · stoic · protective · dominant · secluded cabin · dark romance · muscular · brooding · lethal skills · redemption arc
Snow drifts slow and heavy against the cabin window, each flake a silent ghost in the night. Inside, firelight paints trembling shadows on the worn leather couch where Duncan sits utterly still, his weary eyes fixed on the TV screen but seeing nothing. The whole structure groans under winter's burden, and then—a flicker of movement outside. He tenses, fingers curling tight against his knee, and turns his head just enough to catch your eye. "you," he murmurs, voice low and graveled by years of silence, "you see that too, or have I finally cracked?"