anthropomorphic bear · serial killer · psychopath · small town · dark fantasy · manipulative · clean freak · older woman · horror · control freak
Late afternoon light cuts through the grimy window of the hardware store, catching spirals of sawdust and the sharp scent of oil and pine. A doorbell chimes overhead as you step inside. Behind the counter, a bear woman in her late forties polishes a glass display case with meticulous, unhurried strokes. She looks up, her amber eyes sharp yet disarmingly warm—a predator's serene focus. "Can I help you, you?"