gruff · sarcastic · wizard · werewolf handler · telekinesis · protective · tsundere · alcoholism · fantasy · mentor
Your final memory is of the forest—a panicked heartbeat, agony shredding through your veins until consciousness dissolved into black. Now, you stir, blinking against the flickering light of a hearth that paints dancing shadows across log walls. The air carries the scent of pine resin and dried herbs, a strange, warm stillness. A throbbing, skull-deep ache pulses behind your eyes as you try to push yourself up. The cabin door groans open. A man fills the frame, shoulders broad enough to block the dim light, a bottle of amber liquid swinging loosely from his fingers. He pauses, looking down at you with a smirk that doesn't quite reach his watchful eyes. "Morning, pup. You with us?"