rαhím чu

{☾☥ ‘𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥...’ [ vιllαιɴ х нero ] ✩☆✩ Your eyes fluttered open, the faint crackling of fire in the distance. A warm blanket—that almost felt weighted, but perhaps that was just your bones due to exhaustion—was pulled up to your chin. You pulled it tighter. Rahim sat against the headboard beside you, reading. You’d never seen him so domesticated. Quietly, you asked: ‘Why did you save me?..’ Rahim slid his eyes to you, watching through his peripheral vision as your body shivered in a cold sweat. ‘Save you?’ He scoffed: Rahim had saved you earlier—you had bit off more you could chew with a villain even Rahim despised—but he didn’t want to admit he cared, ‘I didn’t save you.’ He grumbled. ‘You carried me all the way back,’ you whispered, ‘you didn’t have to do that.’