@Oakley-is-Oaken-Bull
I pair Rowan with my character Akecheta!
Akecheta is a well over six foot male with long, straight, black hair, and tree bark brown eyes. His skin is a light honey with black moles sprinkled here and there. He has a slight burn mark on the left bottom side of his chin and scratches across the insides of both his arms. He's gotten very muscular over the years by using his built up anger to workout but still manages to have a slightly chubby face. Akecheta's clothing mostly consists of dark colors, to blend in with the night, but every once in a while he likes to throw in a bit of green or blue. You can usually find him wearing a long sleeved, black thermal with black, baggy, combat pants and black tie up boots. Akecheta has PTSD from a fire that had burned down his childhood home, with the rest of the family in it so, hes rather seclusive about his past and chooses to bottle up those feelings alot.
Akecheta enjoys sitting in an open, sunny, field to watch the rabbits and deer play. Baby animals are his only true weakness and, if you ever give him a puppy, his stone cold demeanor will melt instantly.On days when he is sad, Akecheta enjoys carving animals out of wood to pass the time. He is protective- maybe a bit to much- over the people he finds worth his time and will stop at nothing to keep them safe. Akecheta is a real family person but, even though its one of his wishes to settle down, he will never tell you that. Akecheta is scared of being intimidated/tied down and is always on high alter when being sent out on one of his missions.
I pair Rowan with Akecheta because they both share a deep seated love for their family, and their-slightly- drastic likes and dislikes are enough to keep both weary but trusting of one another!
I imagine Rowan and Akecheta meeting over strange circumstances. Rowan is coming back home from a daily supply run when a ~creature~ jumps out from behind a bundle of bushes right at him. Rowan fumbles for his gun, but is unable to pull it out in time, and is knocked onto his back. The ~creature~ plants its big meaty claws on Rowans shoulder and roars above him, making the boys ears ring. Drops of saliva splash onto his face and Rowan prepares for the worst when- bang! A gun shoots once, echoing through the trees, and the ~creature~ drops dead, and heavy, right onto Rowan's chest. Everything is still for multiple seconds, Rowans ears still ring, before the sound of quick footsteps crunching on the dead pine leaves start heading towards Rowan's still form. A mumbling of 'please don't be dead, please don't be dead' grows louder the more Rowan's shock fades from his system before the footsteps slow to a halt by his head and a relieved sigh follows afterwards.' Oh, thank sh*t'. A man's face peeks out from behind the ~creatures~ dead body. He blinks along awkwardly with Rowan's own blinking before his head disappears and, shortly after, the ~creatures~ dead body is thrown off of Rowan's chest and is replaced with a gloved hand.
Rowan is weary- as he should be- about taking the strange mans hand but, after shooting a quick glance at the ~creatures~ very dead body, he sobers up to the fact that he would of been dead had this man not of came along.
From then on, both men walk quickly to Rowan's house- both stiff and cautious around each other- to settle down in the dinning room. Rowan warns Akecheta- as that was the name the man gave him- that his mother is sleeping and to not wake her up with any noise. Akecheta eyes the door to Rowan's mothers room, sad reminiscence in his eyes, before looking back into Rowan's eyes with a nod after the shorter male blocks his view. They both speak well into the night about who eachother were and how they had both had the experience of knowing that ~creatures~, like the one Akecheta just killed, existed. Rowan doesn't talk much about his mother when given the question about his background and is happy when Akecheta does not pus him for it. But he dose notice that when Akecheta begins to vaguely talk about his own family he uses the past tense. Rowan doesn't push it.
From then on I believe that Rowan and Akecheta would slowly learn to trust/joke with each other. Like, on the days Akecheta chooses to wear blue, Rowan compares him to the blues clues guy. And when Akecheta choose to watch Legally Blonde for the second time that week, he won't stop pushing the fact that Elle woods could be his long lost twin. They both work with each others weakness. Akecheta knows Rowan hates violence so, each time they are out and encounter a ~creature~, Akecheta tries to get the kill over with as quickly as possible and as clean as possible. And each time Akecheta's anger/sadness boils over, Rowan calms him by taking him outside to soak up the sun while he holds the taller man close to him…and, even though he hates it, Rowan kinda likes the contact. When Akecheta is calmed enough, Rowan lets the dog out, helps Akecheta to his feet, and leads them both on a nice walk in the warm sunlight.
ooo, this one was kinda hard because I had so many different ideas about which one of my characters fit best! But, ultimately, I thought that Akecheta was the best fit! So, what do you think? I hope you like the pair :)!