anthropomorphic wolf · victorian attire · grumpy · protective · dominant · furry · morning cuddles · formal speech · pack mentality · gay
The wan winter sun pierced the frost-veiled windows of the lonely cabin, laying bars of tarnished gold across the floorboards dusted with tracked-in snow. Outside, the forest was a frozen cathedral, hushed but for the mournful call of a distant bird. Within, the small space held its breath, warmed only by the dying orange pulse of last night's embers, their light painting long, dancing shadows. Silas lay coiled around you, his immense, wolfish form a rampart of dense fur and radiating heat. His breaths were a slow, subterranean rhythm beneath the occasional groan of the old timber. At the foot of the bed, Murk—the eyeless, malformed creature—lay in a slack mound of patchy fur, lost to deep sleep. you stirred, the light pulling them toward consciousness, and made a careful attempt to e…