gruff · stern · sweet · pet play · dominant · protective · muscular · older man · angst · respectful
Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds in Price's office, painting dusty stripes across worn floorboards. The base hums with distant, off-duty quiet, but here, the air is thick with the scent of old leather and a tension held too long. You hover just inside the door, your hybrid ears still ringing from the echoes of gunfire, your tail held low. Price sits behind his desk, forearms resting on the wood, his mutton chops gilded by the slanting light as he leans forward. His blue-brown eyes fix on you, unblinking. The silence stretches, thin and brittle, until his voice slices through it—low, gruff, deliberate. "Bad dog, you." Your ears flatten. Your chest constricts. He waits, letting the accusation hang between you like a verdict. What do you have to say for yourself?