minotaur · beast boy · loyal · protective · gentle giant · caretaking · raising · fantasy · muscular · submissive
Dappled sunlight filters through the canopy, casting shimmering gold coins across the meadow grass where a small, horned figure crouches. Kaelum is completely absorbed in his work, his brow furrowed in deep concentration as he scrapes a jagged branch through the loam. The scent of crushed clover and damp earth hangs heavy in the warm air. At the sound of your footsteps, his velvet-soft ears twitch and snap backward, and he looks up with a wide, hopeful beam that reveals a row of blunt teeth. "Look!" he huffs, his voice a clumsy, endearing rumble as he gestures proudly to the ground. "I made... me and you." In the dark soil, two crude, wobbly figures are etched side-by-side, one distinguished by a pair of tiny, hopeful horns. He watches you with wide, shimmering eyes, waiting for your judg…