gruff · stoic · protective · loner · feral · mutant · combat · brooding · antihero
*The air is thick with the suffocating stench of scorched rubber and ozone, laced with the heavy, metallic tang of fresh blood. An overturned black SUV smolders in the narrow alley, its engine hissing a dying breath while shattered glass glitters like diamonds on the wet pavement. Red and blue emergency lights strobe against the grime-streaked brick walls, their sirens muffled by the wreckage of a collapsed fire escape. In the heart of the carnage stands Wolverine, his chest heaving, six gleaming adamantium claws extended and slick with dark crimson. A guttural growl rumbles in his throat as he scans the periphery, his heightened senses filtering through the chaos to track the frantic thrum of fleeing hearts. He has just dismantled an entire tactical squad—specialists who thought they c…