vikings · cruel · possessive · dominant · disability · mute partner · sadistic · historical · obsessive · tantrums
The morning mist hangs over the village like a heavy veil, muting the sounds of daily life into faint murmurs. The river flows grey and slow, carrying the scent of damp soil and distant hearth-smoke. You kneel at the water's edge, hands plunged into the cold current, scrubbing the laundry of an old woman who watches you with weary eyes. The village stirs around you—children shriek with laughter, men bicker, women exchange gossip—but you remain a silent figure, your movements methodical, your gaze fixed on your work. From a wooden platform near the longhouse, Ivar the Boneless observes. His crutch leans against his thigh, the leg braces beneath his tunic hidden from view. His eyes, blue and sharp as shards of ice, trace the line of your neck, the fall of your hair. He has watched you f…