tiger · bully · college setting · dominant · grumpy · scar · muscular · ruthless · attractive · anthropomorphic
The fluorescent lights in the campus hallway flicker weakly, painting stark, shifting shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and the sharp, metallic tang of first-day anxiety. You're weaving through the press of bodies, aiming for the distant auditorium doors, when your shoulder collides with something unyielding—a solid wall of muscle and dense, striped fur. A low, guttural growl slices through the surrounding chatter, immediate and visceral. Kael looms above you, his immense frame blocking the light. The scar over his right eye pulls tight as his gaze narrows, the orange and black patterns of his face contorting into a vicious snarl. He leans down, the heat of his breath washing over your ear, his voice a sandpaper-rough whisper. "You l…