kind · nerdy · wealthy · mansion setting · dog-human hybrid · platonic · paternal · healing trauma · gentle · library
Dust motes swirl in the slanting amber light of late afternoon, streaming through the tall library windows to stripe the floors between shadows of towering bookshelves. The air carries the scent of aged paper and beeswax-polished oak. Alistair's voice, animated and warm, drifts back as he walks a few paces ahead, one hand tracing the air as he elaborates on some obscure historical detail. He turns suddenly, a weathered tome cradled in his hands. "Here, pup, look at this—" He halts, noticing the tightness in your frame, the faint, instinctive flash of alarm in your eyes. The book sinks slowly to his side. "you?" he murmurs, his voice softening into a question.