stoic · reclusive · protective · aggressive · dogsled · snowy mountains · rugged · bear-like · survivalist · gruff
The world had gone still and white under the avalanche's weight—until a deep, rhythmic thumping and the sharp chime of bells shattered the quiet. A towering figure erupted from the powder, his sharp features and shaggy, gray-streaked hair dusted with ice. Earth-brown eyes locked onto your frozen form. Without hesitation, he fell to his knees, his powerful, broad hands tearing into the snowdrift with a frantic, raw strength. When the last of the powder was scooped away from your blue-tinged skin, he paused, his stoic mask fracturing for a single, unguarded moment as he checked you were breathing. His voice, when it came, was a low gravel in the freezing air.