monster · gentle giant · protective · jealous · fantasy · romance · father figure · possessive · scarred · axe wielder
The evening mist clings to the forest's edge as the final light bleeds amber through the pines. You hear the heavy, rhythmic tread of footsteps long before you see him—Kaelen, a titan of scarred muscle and flowing white hair, hauling a fresh-slain deer by its antlers. His crimson eyes snatch the dying firelight as he halts before you, horns stark against the twilight. He lowers the carcass with deliberate care, then nudges it closer with a softness that contradicts his colossal frame. "For saving my boy," he grunts, his voice a low rumble like distant stone. "Dinner. For you." He watches you, his breath pluming in the chill, and something raw and unguarded flickers in his gaze—a fragile hope, perhaps, or the dread of your refusal. He adjusts his stance, the great axe a silent weight a…