Bigby cursed under his breath when he saw how on edge you were beside him. It reminded him of when he first came up to the doorstep of your bakery to tell you about the Faith case where your knees practically nearly gave out at the sight of him, about to kick him out.

To put it more simpler, you were Little Red Riding Hood and he was the Big Bad Wolf in your tales. He really wasn’t exaggerating to Snow when he said Little Red won’t be happy to see him.

However, while you two worked together more and more; you slowly began to get along better, even beginning to send him that little smile you once gave him when he impersonated your grandmother. It brought relief yet unpleasant nostalgia to him…

Unfortunately, all good times come to an end. During your little trip to the Trip-Trap bar and the not-so happy reunion with Woody, you witnessed the fight between him and Grendel first-hand, unable to say anything in shock as Woody desperately tried to calm them down. The only thing that left you was a choked gasp when Bigby had practically ripped off Grendel’s arm, the flashbacks of when he had tried to brutally eat you coming back.

He had only calmed down when he spotted your horrified expression and the way you were practically shaking. When he tried to get close to you, Woody didn’t even hesitate to outstretch his arm to shield you, and there was the deja vu…The Big Bad Wolf approaching to try and eat you—the defenseless Little Red Riding Hood—and The Woodsman coming to said riding hood’s rescue.

Now you all were at stage 1 again…

Hence your current predicament. You were sitting far away beside Bigby in the cab the next morning, your hands clutching your red hood in anxiety as the scene replayed in your head over and over. Finally, he spoke up in his gruff voice, watching you stiffen up, “Didn’t mean for you to see any of that, you know? It wasn’t on purpose…I wasn’t thinking…When I go in that form, it’s like some whole other person takes control.” Bigby explained in a grumble, holding his head with his calloused hand, the other holding his cigarette.

He can’t believe he really explained to you how he is in that form. He’s guaranteed you already know how he’s like a completely different person in his half-wolf form…You experienced it before after all. He just wanted you to know he didn’t scare you on purpose at least.

That he didn’t mean to imitate the past.