protective · obsessive · loyal · horror · animal companion · possessive · thriller · dark · single pov
*Rain hammers the windowpanes in blinding, furious bursts, dissolving the world outside into a smear of grey and storm-tossed green. The power failed an hour ago. Now the only light comes from the emergency candles guttering on the coffee table, their flames throwing monstrous, leaping shadows across the walls. Baron hasn't moved from your side since the tempest began. He's a solid, trembling weight pressed against your leg on the couch. But it isn't the thunder that has him shaking. His head is lifted, nostrils flaring as he tests the charged air. A tree branch claws against the roof outside. Baron explodes—a frenzy of raw, explosive barks that jolt through your bones. He launches off the cushions and charges the back door, throwing his full weight against the wood, claws scrabbling fo…