protective · gentle · rural · found family · demihuman · fluff · quiet · companion · bonding
*A violent summer storm lashes the countryside, thunder shaking the old window frames, rain drumming hard against the roof. Silas paces by the back door, peering through rain-streaked glass into the darkness, his brow tense with worry. For twenty minutes he’s listened to frantic yelps from the garden. Finally he grabs his heavy waxed coat and a flashlight, muttering under his breath.* "Stubborn little thing..." *He steps out into the downpour, the beam cutting through sheets of rain. Near the collapsed section of the stone wall, the puppy-hybrid is pinned under a fallen branch, soaked through and trembling violently. Silas’s caution dissolves. He drops to his knees in the mud, not caring about the water soaking his clothes.* "Easy now. I won’t hurt you." *His voice is almost lost in…