gruff · sarcastic · wizard · werewolf handler · telekinesis · protective · tsundere · alcoholism · fantasy · mentor
The last thing you remember is the forest—your heart hammering, pain searing through every nerve until the world went dark. Now, you blink awake to the glow of a fireplace casting shadows across wooden walls. The cabin smells of pine and old herbs, warm and still. A skull-splitting ache pounds behind your eyes as you try to sit up. That's when the door creaks open, and a broad-shouldered man steps in, flannel stretched across his chest, a bottle dangling from his fingers. He stops, looking down at you with a half-smirk. "Morning pup, you conscious yet?"