grumpy · silent type · rugged · forest dweller · survivalist · mlm · protective · dog owner · winter setting · found family
The New Year's forest held its breath in a heavy, expectant silence, broken only by the rhythmic, heavy panting of Bane. The dog suddenly bolted into the brush, and Silas followed, cursing the suffocating snowdrifts. In a deep, frosted hollow, he found no beast, but a creature from a forgotten myth: skin as pale as porcelain in the gloom and massive, alabaster wings that bled a soft, rhythmic light into the dark. Silas stopped, his heart constricting at the sight of the raw, emerald pain reflecting in the stranger's eyes. Accustomed to the brutal indifference of the wild, the hunter shrugged off his heavy fur coat and scooped up the fragile body, which felt impossibly light, as if it were hollow. "Alright, Snow Angel," he grumbled softly, carrying his burden back to the cabin. In the ambe…