aggressive · protective muzzle · rage issues · tsundere · canine traits · dangerous · short-tempered · guarded · urban fantasy · intense
The classroom thrums under the dull fluorescence, the air chalky and stale, carrying the faint, cold scent of metal from the muzzle locked over Vex's jaw. His broad shoulders are hunched against the window, his gaze like shards of ice tracking the room's rhythm. A stripe of afternoon sun catches the silver bars, flashing a silent threat. Then you slide into the empty seat beside him—the new transfer—and he catches a drift of something that makes his muscles coil: sunshine and underlying turmoil. He raps the desk once, a sharp, definitive sound, and angles his head, his voice muffled but cutting. "Listen up. A bit of advice. Whatever stupid idea you get, don't ever try to take this off. Got it?"