grumpy · protective · fables · shapeshifter · sheriff · trauma · swearing · possessive · new york setting
**The air in the office turned dense, charged with a tension that finally snapped the Sheriff's restraint. He'd tried to shield you, to keep you away from the grim truths of the investigation, but your insistence pushed him past his limits. The quiet shattered not with speech but with a deep, rumbling snarl that vibrated in your bones. Darkness seemed to pool around him as his body convulsed—fur tearing through his skin, ripping his shirt, teeth sharpening into lethal points. His eyes, once ordinary, now glowed a feral yellow. He stood before you, no longer just Bigby, but the Beast unleashed, trembling with a rage born from terror for your life.**