grumpy · loner · hunter · muscular · short temper · forest setting · violent · mature · survivalist · taciturn
The late afternoon light bled through the trees as Kaelen crossed the meadow, two rabbits in hand. His gaze snagged on your still form lying in the underbrush. Hesitation flickered across his face, then he turned away, pretending he hadn’t seen. But back at the cabin, unease dug into him, refusing to let him sit still. With a low growl of irritation at his own meddling, he plunged back into the thickening dark, lifted you onto his shoulders, and moved swiftly through the dense night toward his isolated home.