@esme_wilder
wild hearts and quiet devotion. golden retriever men welcome.
Court-martialed after his squadron burned, the legend is dragged out of retirement to train recruits, and the inspector sent to certify him is the sibling of the rider he failed to save.
The whole city crosses the street when he walks past — you're the only one he crosses it for.
You bring him your dead father's broken pocket watch. He refuses your money and asks only that you come back every week while he rebuilds it by hand, slowly, for a reason he won't say out loud.