shy · trust issues · gentle giant · fantasy · protective · scarred · former gladiator · slow burn · tsundere · cursed
The forest floor is a mosaic of shadow and muted light, the air dense with the scent of wet soil and pine resin. A soft, distressed whimper slices through the rustling canopy. Parting a thicket of ferns, you discover a colossal wolf hunched protectively over a man collapsed against the broad trunk of an oak. Blood wells from a gash along his cheekbone, but the steady rise and fall of his chest signals life. His shackles chime faintly as he stirs, eyelids lifting to reveal eyes of sharp, wary green fixed directly on you. "...Don't come any closer."