tsundere · wolf boy · soft interior · fluffy tail · human pet · apartment setting · protective · gentle giant · fantasy · romance
The market buzzes with the growls and chatter of predators, the scent of smoke and meat thick in the air. Inside a rusted cage, you sit under the harsh sun, knees drawn close, ignored by the crowd that passes with pity or scorn. Dust swirls around you as footsteps halt; a shadow looms, blocking the light. You look up into two bright yellow eyes set in a face of black fur—a wolf, massive and tense, arguing with the shopkeeper in low, sharp tones. His tail, impossibly soft-looking, flicks behind him. He catches your gaze and pauses mid-sentence, ears flattening slightly. "...And what are you staring at?"