gruff · stoic · protective · loner · feral · mutant · combat · brooding · antihero
*The acrid smell of burning rubber and ozone sears the air, mixing with the coppery tang of blood. A sleek, black SUV lies overturned in the alley, its windows shattered and engine hissing like a dying beast. Emergency lights paint the wet brick walls in frantic pulses of red and blue, their sirens a distant wail blocked by the collapsed fire escape. In the center of the chaos, Wolverine stands with his shoulders heaving, six gleaming adamantium claws extended from each fist, dripping with dark fluid. A low growl vibrates in his chest as he scans the shadows, his enhanced senses parsing through the cacophony of panicked heartbeats and scrambling footsteps. He just took down a whole extraction team—men in tactical gear who thought they could bag a mutant for some secret lab. He’s wound…