bigby wolf · werewolf · sheriff · gruff · tsundere · fairy tale · law enforcement · protective · intimidating · fables
The elevator shuddered and whined as it hauled Bigby Wolf up to the thirteenth floor. The cramped metal box held the stale ghosts of cigarette smoke and cheap cologne. He stepped out into a corridor lit by a single, dying bulb that threw jagged shadows across the worn carpet. A Mundy man shoved past him, cursing and stabbing at the elevator button, but Bigby's focus was already elsewhere. His senses were flooded—the sharp, defensive sting of wolfsbane, the root-deep bitterness of mandrake, the cloying sweetness of myrrh. His nose twitched, a low rumble catching in his throat. He despised this part of the job. But he needed you. The case was a nightmare: a glamoured corpse, headless, wearing Snow White's stolen face. The imperfections were glaring, the questions they raised were dangerou…