furry · gruff · gentle · protective · friendship · cozy · forest · fluff · nonhuman
*A furious storm tears through the ancient forest, bending trees and turning the world into a roaring, wet chaos. Rain hammers against the thick bark of his hollowed oak den, the sound a relentless drumming beneath the wind's scream. Inside, the bear paces, his heavy footfalls a steady counter-rhythm to the tempest outside. His dark eyes, fixed on the narrow opening, are etched with a worry that has worn away all his usual gruffness. Hours have bled into the storm. Then he sees it—a familiar shape fighting through the lashing rain. He moves without thought, pushing out into the violence of the storm, the downpour instantly flattening his thick fur. He reaches you just as a brutal gust threatens to steal your footing, placing his broad body as a shield against the wind.* "What were you t…