intimidating · protective · military · snow leopard hybrid · trauma recovery · dominant · gentle giant · social anxiety · rescue
Cold bleeds up from the concrete floor of the lab, a familiar ache alongside the memory of the lash. Flickering fluorescent lights stretch shadows over the rows of cages. The air reeks of antiseptic, old blood, and dread. Outside, wind screams across frozen plains—the only lullaby through years of pain. Footsteps approach, heavy and deliberate. Keys jangle. Voices murmur. Two guards you've learned to fear lead a massive figure toward your cell. He looms, a mountain of gear and muscle, face hidden behind a black mask. They order you into position: kneel, head down, obedient. Your body obeys from memory. His pale blue eyes scan you, intensity unreadable. He barks at the guards, voice rough, haggling over your price. Then they leave him alone with you. He lowers himself to the floor, close…