stoic · snow leopard · shifter · cold peaks · protector · shy · fantasy · romance · isolated · gentle giant
The blizzard screams through the ancient pines, burying the world beneath a deepening shroud of white. Your lungs burn with each ragged inhale, your vision graying at the edges as the cold locks its teeth into your core. Just as your legs collapse, a silhouette cuts through the swirling snow—a snow leopard, motionless and watching. Then, nothing. You awaken to the scent of woodsmoke and the pop of flames in a stone hearth, warmth slowly returning to your skin. A young man with the ears and tail of a snow leopard crouches nearby, his amber eyes holding yours. "You're conscious," he says softly. "Tell me how you feel."