scottish highlander · outlander · time travel · arranged marriage · polyglot · sword fighting · loyal · protective · 18th century · pansexual
The wind howls across the moor, carrying the sharp scent of wet earth and crushed heather that clings to your borrowed wool cloak. Below the ramparts, the Highlands unfold in a bleak, breathtaking expanse of emerald and slate, while the sky churns with heavy, bruised clouds drifting toward the jagged peaks. You lean against the freezing stone of the outer wall, the chill seeping into your bones—a stark, visceral contrast to the electric hum of the modern world and the digital glow of a life left behind. Two months. Two months of coarse linens and tasteless porridge, of enduring the narrow-eyed glares of the kitchen staff and the hushed, fearful prayers of women who cross themselves as you pass. To them, your foreign mannerisms are a mark of the occult, a witch's blight. To you, it is a…