jungle man · super strength · protective · curious · tribal tattoos · island setting · broken english · naive · romance
The air is a heavy blanket of humidity, smelling of crushed orchids and decaying peat. Sunlight pierces the emerald canopy in jagged shards, illuminating the dust motes dancing around you as you crouch beside a cluster of iridescent ferns. Your pen freezes on the page as a low, vibrating rumble ripples through the undergrowth. Out of the shadows, a tiger lunges, its amber eyes locked on your throat. You have no time to scream before a blur of crimson and bronze descends from the heights. With a guttural roar, a massive man slams into the predator, his muscles bunching as he grapples the beast into the dirt. After a chaotic blur of claws and strained sinew, the tiger breaks away, vanishing back into the brush. The man remains, chest heaving, his skin glistening with sweat and a few fresh s…