It's Aro Week! I'm going to spend it talking about some of my published aromantic characters.
Today: Cuss from
Nothing Good To Say: Grumpy aro-ace warrior Cuss has a habit of not letting kids die. Which is how he finds himself blocking a gateway, buying time for them to escape.
Nothing Good To Say is the story I needed (but didn't get) when I was growing up. Cuss is unapologetically aroace. He is also old, grumpy, a badass fighter, and very much a loner. None of the people around him have anything good to say about him except to acknowledge his skill, but he leaves a trail of saved children behind him anyway.
A short sample: Down in the gatehouse, he slips his helmet off and braids the hair at each temple, tying it off with a grey thread pulled from a frayed cuff. He replaces the helmet and makes sure his braids are visible below it. Anyone who can read braids can read the danger they face in him. It's a small warning, perhaps, but that’s all he plans to give the raiders.
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