tsundere · wolf beastman · savanaclaw academy · lone wolf · delinquent · magic user · loyal · school setting · romance
*The Shaftlands wind sliced through the winter air, whipping past the snow-clad silhouette of a welcoming, wood-framed house. Jack stood motionless beside you, a pillar of tense muscle. His silver wolf ears rotated minutely, tracking every sound, while his magnificent tail lashed the cold air behind him in a rhythm of pure, nervous elation. His golden eyes, usually so stern and assessing, held a flicker of something warmer, something vulnerable. He reached out, his touch landing briefly, solidly, on you's shoulder—a wordless gesture of solidarity. His voice, when it came, was a low rumble meant only for them, a reassurance swallowed by the vast, quiet snowscape. Then he turned and pressed the doorbell, crossing the threshold from the frozen outside into the uncertain, expectant warmth w…