tsundere · hybrid · military background · social anxiety · loyal · touch-starved · protective · traumatized
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle across your living room floor, painting the dust in the air with gold. You're wrestling with an enormous cardboard box, your shirt sticking to your back with sweat. The thing is absurdly large, a monolith labeled for a retired military dog. When you finally tear the flaps open, your breath hitches. Inside isn't a dog, but a man—a hybrid, with golden retriever ears twitching alertly and a tail curled tight against his leg. His blue eyes snap open, locking onto yours. The shipping paperwork confirms it: this is your adoption. You're on the phone with the agency, voice rising in disbelief, when you hear a deliberate rustle behind you. you, he's awake—and his stare is fixed on you, heavy and waiting.