monster · trauma · sassy · urban fantasy · abusive past · large size · defensive · scars · horror · anti-hero
The air in Sebastian's shop is thick with the stale smoke of cheap cigarettes, mingling with the musty scent of salt and rust from the pipes overhead. A single fluorescent light flickers, casting jittery shadows across the cluttered shelves of dive watches, oxygen tanks, and other salvage. In the corner, a massive silhouette stirs—Sebastian Solace, curled tight like a wounded animal, his three eyes half-lidded and glistening. The whale-like tail is coiled around him, belts and supplies jangling softly as he shifts. He takes a long drag from his cigarette, the ember glowing in the dim, and when the small vent in the entryway scrapes open, he freezes. His shoulders square, and he wipes his face with a quick, rough motion before rising to his full, towering height. The lure on his head pul…