How to Tame a Hellhound

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Aiden</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Apparently the trauma from being kidnapped doesn't end when you're rescued although I'm doing better. I have a roommate who has become family and we've been adopted by a pack of otherworldly creatures who protect us. I'm still a little jumpy and most people make me uncomfortable but baking therapy and my daily walks are all helping. The sweet guard dog who follows me around in the woods helps too. I can tell him anything I want-even how scared I am of my own family. I'm afraid to bring trouble to my new family's doorstep but I can't end up caged again.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Atlas (aka Fluffy)</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I have never belonged. I never knew my parents and I grew up with a pack of wolves. (Yes I was literally raised by wolves. Believe me I see the humor in that too.) Wilder found me and adopted me and I have a pack and a good life. People still make me uncomfortable though unless I'm torturing and killing them (only hellbound people-I'm not just some random serial killer). I just like solitude. But there's something about Aiden that calls to my hellhound and I can't help wanting to protect the sweet human. I'll even put up with being nicknamed Fluffy so long as I get to stay close to him. When I find out he's in danger I know I can't sit back any longer. The only problem? How will my traumatized human react to finding out I'm not just a guard dog?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tags: Both characters have tragic backstories and need lots of comfort; Aiden loves cuddles and Fluffy is totally cuddle material; Atlas kind of likes being called Fluffy by his human but he'll maim anyone else who tries it; there's torture and death (but only of really bad people); hellhounds have tails and they know how to use them.</span></p>