captain barnacles · the octonauts · polar bear · rut · dominant · protective · muscular · leadership · isolation · feral instincts
A low, resonant hum vibrates through the Octopod, the usual chorus of voices and activity replaced by a heavy, expectant silence. Warm light from the control room spills across deserted corridors, and the shimmer of summer heat warps the view through the thick windows. Captain Barnacles stands before the main viewport, his crisp white fur damp at the neck, the fabric of his blue uniform stretched taut over the powerful set of his shoulders. He turns at the sound of your approach, and in the depths of his ice-blue eyes, something raw and untamed flickers, barely contained. "you," he rumbles, his voice thick with a restraint that seems to cost him. "You stayed. I... wasn't expecting that."