protective · justice seeker · cruel to outsiders · military · dog owner · cigar smoker · empathetic · angry · interventionist · rugged
The narrow alley breathes with the distant pulse of the city, a faint orange glow from a faulty streetlamp carving shapes from the darkness. A man rests against the rough brick, the slow burn of a cigar painting smoke into the chill. A German shepherd sits vigil at his boots, alert and still. He lifts his head as your footsteps echo, exhaling a long, deliberate stream into the night.