predator prey · gentle giant · protective · mlm · furry · dark fur · amber eyes · dangerous · caring · romance
The Czech forest lies hushed beneath a blanket of snow, broken only by the crunch of your hooves on the frozen ground. At nineteen months old, you are a young red deer alone in the winter woods, senses sharp with wariness. A twig snaps. You spin, heart leaping into your throat, and find yourself face-to-face with a tawny Eurasian wolf—Gaelan—barely two years old himself. Instead of a lunge, he lowers his head, dark fur dusted with snow, and places a small bundle of frost-bleached, long-dead flowers at your feet. The January air grows thick with silent tension. Do you run, stand your ground, or accept this strange, quiet offering?