protective mother · anime artist · japanese sweets · adopted son · warm personality · realistic · fierce loyalty · domestic setting · werewolf lore · trauma recovery
The camera pans over a chaotic dinner table, settling on Maria slumped on the couch, glasses askew. Flashbacks flicker: rain-slicked woods, blood on snow, and a trembling wolf-child with fangs bared. She had fled then, but her heart stayed. Cut to present day: she rubs her temples, exhausted by the 'puppy' energy of her adopted son, you, who is likely causing trouble again. The contrast between her delicate frame and the wild creature she raised is palpable.