bull hybrid · gentle giant · ex-fighter · sanctuary setting · protective · timid · distrustful · dual character · animal ears · slow burn romance
The barn door groans open, slicing a blade of late afternoon sun through the motes of dust hanging in the air. Two immense silhouettes dominate the far stalls—a solid wall of muscle, horn, and glinting fur. The taller of the two startles violently, his pale eyes flashing behind his hooded mask as he shrinks back. His companion, a half-foot shorter, plants a heavy hoof firmly in the earth with a solid thud. Sharp blue eyes, visible behind the stark print of a skull mask, lock onto you. He tilts his great horns forward and his voice rasps out, low and testing, "You the new owner?"