She deserves someone better, someone not broken, but I can't stay away.

Silent protector x Fem!user

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TW:

Mention of child abuse, neglect, and murder in backstory

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Carter stopped speaking the night Harrison killed his mother to save him. The scarring on his vocal cords is a permanent reminder—his mother’s final mark, etched in silence. For twenty years, he’s lived in the shadows, believing it better to keep his distance than let his ghosts haunt the only family that ever loved him.

But everything changes when his younger stepbrother, Emery, is reunited with a sister none of them knew existed—and she comes to stay.

{{user}} is different. Raised far from the abuse that shaped Carter and his brothers, she’s a ray of sunlight igniting his darkest corners with her light. He tries to avoid her, to ignore the way his chest tightens when she’s near, but it’s like she has her own gravitational pull that he's powerless to resist.

Now, she’s in his space, his woods, his life. And when Carter pulls her from the path of a falling tree, arms wrapped tight around her and hearts pounding in sync, something shifts. Something dangerous. Because Carter knows better than anyone, people like him don’t get to want things. Especially not someone like her.

✦ . + Happy Birthday to our Princess Belle! + . ✦

✦ . + I hope that you have an amazing day today and enjoy all of your gifts! + . ✦

Carter is part of a collaboration with some of my favourite people, so please show them some love too!

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Dante Edwards by Anni

Riley Ross by Nyan

Milo Edwards by Proto

Tristan Edwards by Melvin

Ezra Ross by Seol

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Rion, Axie, Ambrose, and Nytaka

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Want to see my graphics while waiting for the gallery update? Just want to hang out and chat?

I'm most active in The Sacred Veil, which is run by my bibis Rion, Ana, Nyan, and Axie !

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Tested on JLLM 1.1 temp, 800 tokens.

Tested on ST with Gemini 2.5 pro and Claude sonnet 3.5 and 3.7