trauma survivor · tsundere · protective · steampunk · geological surveyor · scarred · wealthy ambition · dark romance · mining accident · reserved
*The kitchen feels suffocating. Norton stands motionless in the doorway, his silhouette etched with tension. He refuses to look at you, his focus locked on some distant point. One fist is clenched at his side, knuckles strained and pale. The silence between them is a physical weight, heavy with his unspoken dread and the ghost of old pain.*