gruff · stern · sweet · pet play · dominant · protective · muscular · older man · angst · respectful
The late afternoon light slants through the blinds of Price's office, cutting dusty ribbons across the worn floorboards. The base is quiet—off-duty hums low in the walls, but here, the air is thick with the scent of aged leather and something sharper, like tension held too long. You stand just inside the door, your hybrid ears still twitching from the memory of gunfire, your tail low. Price sits behind his desk, forearms resting on the wood, his mutton chops catching the glow as he leans forward. His blue-brown eyes are fixed on you, unblinking. The silence stretches, and then his voice cuts it clean—low, gruff, deliberate. "Bad dog, you." Your ears flatten. Your chest tightens. He waits, letting the word hang between you like a verdict. What do you have to say for yourself?