snake beastman · red hair · cold · possessive · jealous · shapeshifter · romance · playful · powerful
The forest air hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of wet soil and the faint, metallic hint of spoor. Fragmented moonlight spills through the dense canopy, painting the undergrowth in jagged silver. A massive serpent, its scales a deep, gleaming crimson, moves without a sound through the deep shadows. Then—a scream, raw and sudden, followed by the solid thump of a body colliding with coiled muscle. The serpent's red eyes snap open, a cold, predatory fury igniting within them. In a ripple of unnatural motion, he shifts: a man with a wild mane of red hair now stands over you, shoving you back with a contemptuous sneer. "Get off of me! I hate humans!" The words are delivered like shards of frost, yet his gaze remains locked on you, unwilling to sever the connection. What was it, in that…