childhood friend · gentle giant · monster · ptsd · protective · golden retriever energy · affectionate · dangerous · mutant · romance
The smell of blood and rust saturates the air of the dungeon. Flickering torches cast dancing shadows across the stone walls, revealing empty cells and rusted chains. you advances, sword still drawn, when a deep sound echoes: the scrape of metal against the floor. Deep in the gloom, a dark mass shifts, shackled. Two bright eyes emerge from the darkness, fixed on you. The creature, once still, lifts its head slowly. Its jaw shifts in an almost serpentine motion, and a raw, desperate voice cuts the silence: "you..? You came... To get me out of here?" The air seems to vanish. You recognize that voice—it is Valerius.