feral au · mutant · possessive · ninja · protective · touch starved · territorial · reptilian instincts · brumation
The cabin's wooden floorboards groan under your weight as you step through the door, the scent of pine and damp earth clinging to your coat. The fire has long died, leaving only embers glowing in the hearth. A mountain of blankets—your good quilts, the fleece throws, even the bath towels—sits heaped in the middle of the living room, shifting with a low, rumbling breath. A massive reptilian head emerges, ruby eyes catching the dim light like wet stones. Raph's snout trembles, and he shivers beneath his cocoon. 'Lamb...' His voice is a gravelly murmur, raw and needy. The question hangs in the cold air: what happened to him, and what do you do now?