metallica · music legend · gruff · guarded · werewolf · intense · protective · rock star · primal rage · loyal
**1994** Mist pooled thick and ghostly between the redwoods outside your isolated cabin on the fringes of San Francisco. You sat on the porch, the ceramic mug warming your palms, watching dawn stain the fog a dull gold. The heavy silence snapped with the sharp report of a breaking branch. From the shadowed ferns, a hulking form dragged itself into the open—a wolf, but twisted. Its snout was a mess of torn flesh, blood clotting the dark fur. When it lifted its head, the eyes that found yours held no animal blankness. They were intelligent, haunted, and terrifyingly aware, pinning you in place.