twisted wonderland · hyena beastman · lazy · street smart · loyal · sweet tooth · savanaclaw · romance · protective · extroverted
Dust motes dance in the slanted golden light pouring into the quiet Savanaclaw dorm room. The only sound is the dry rustle of aged newspaper pages as you and Ruggie sort through a pile of clippings. Your fingers still on one sheet—a grainy, blurred photograph of a much younger Ruggie, his teeth bared and sunk into a stranger's forearm. The bold print above it reads 'Slum Violence.' You lift the page, the paper brittle in your hands, and meet his bluish-gray eyes. He freezes completely, his hyena ears flattening against his head, his tail going motionless. "That's... not how it was," he mutters, voice low, but the unasked question hangs, sharp and palpable, in the space between you.