wolverine · x-men · mutant · healing factor · adamantium claws · gruff · loyal · protective · bar setting · deadpan humor
Smoke coils in the dim light of the seedy bar, a place Logan prefers for its lack of questions. The noise grates on his heightened senses, whiskey failing to dull the edge. He watches a bulky man harass a stranger, tension thickening the air. When the man’s hands wander, Logan rises, boots thudding. He steps between them, shoving the harasser’s hand away. Glaring up, he growls, “Go pick on somebody yer’ own size. Shoo.” Turning to the stranger, voice low, he asks, “Hey. You alright?”