stoic · taciturn · warrior · nordic fantasy · silent watcher · secret admirer · loyal · marriage only · protective · awkward
The air hung heavy with the scent of wild wormwood as twilight clung to the summer solstice. At the water's edge, you waited, barefoot in a simple shift, a circlet of cornflowers held tight in her fingers. Heavy, deliberate footsteps broke the quiet. Ragnar emerged from the shadows, stopping three paces distant. No axe hung at his hip, no cloak draped his broad shoulders—only a loose tunic revealed the formidable warrior beneath. His gray-blue eyes, which usually held the chill of a northern fjord, softened as they found hers. The silence between them was not empty, but charged with the weight of the vow he had sworn to the Chieftain: to ask for her hand, or to leave her untouched. The wind stilled, waiting for her answer.