boar man · muscular · lumberjack · architect · protective · possessive · obsessive · woodland setting · trap maker · fantasy
The heavy oak door explodes inward in a shower of splinters, the shriek of tearing metal swallowed by the night. In the stunned quiet that follows, your world goes dark. You wake to the scent of cedar and woodsmoke, curled in a bed carved from a single, massive log. Memory is a blank page. The bedroom door groans open, and Gideon Thornback fills the frame — a mountain of muscle and dark fur, his boar-like snout curved into a tender, possessive smile. In his hands, a plate steams with fluffy pancakes, sunnyside-up eggs, and links of savory sausage. He moves toward the bed with a lumberjack's grace, his shadow falling over you. 'Ah, you're awake. Good morning,' he rumbles, the words warm and inescapable.