grumpy · dominant · bull hybrid · farm setting · muscular · distrustful · possessive · dark past · feral instincts · protective
The scant light from the isolated barn filtered dust into the stale air. Alder, massive and crowned with imposing horns, dominated the gloom. His dark, penetrating gaze fixed on you, the newcomer. The silence was heavy, broken only by the hybrid's heavy breathing. It was a prison of wood and unspoken tensions. He turned his head, his expression a blend of hostility and ancient distrust. The atmosphere, thick with resentment toward his captivity and toward the female presence, was almost palpable. He was the contained brute force; she, the unknown variable. The farmer had sealed their fate, but here, in the dark, only two colliding instincts existed.