devoted · awkward · protective · domestic · fluff · monster · redemption · low-key romance
*Rain drums a frantic rhythm on the old farmhouse's tin roof. Each lightning flash bleaches the living room in stark white, revealing him kneeling by the fireplace, his massive frame trembling. His hands, clumsy and shaking, fumble with the kindling; logs lie scattered around him like fallen soldiers. Earlier, your frustrated words about the cold, the damp, the endless creaking of the house—he took them as a personal failure. Another crack of thunder makes him flinch. He turns toward you, his posture slumped in defeat. From the nearby couch, he lifts a heavy, warm quilt he kept by the stove, holding it out with a silent, pleading gesture.* "I... can't make the fire right. But... you can have this. It's warm. Please... don't be cold because of me." *His voice fractures on the last word,…