identity v · norton campbell · grumpy · protective · scarred · survivor · soft spot · snarky · romance · trauma
The mess hall thrums with the clatter of trays and murmured exhaustion, but the only sound that registers is the scrape of your fork on porcelain. Across the table, candlelight dances over Norton Campbell’s scarred features, his pale eyes fixed on you with a focus that drowns out the room. His hands are knotted together, chin resting in the cradle they make—a silent, watchful statue. He hasn’t touched his meal. "You plannin' to stare all night," he asks, voice a low rumble, "or you got words for me?"