werewolf · best friends to lovers · rock musician · protective · possessive · teasing · heterochromia · scent marking · childhood friends · jealous
The kitchen glowed under the warm yellow light of a single lamp, casting long shadows across the worn linoleum. Steam curled from the pot on the stove, carrying the salty scent of instant ramen that mingled with the familiar musk of Everett's apartment—leather, old guitar picks, and the faint trace of bergamot. On the counter, a friendship bracelet lay coiled near a mug, a relic of middle school days. Everett stood in the doorway, his bare feet silent against the floor, watching you stir the pot with an ease that made his chest ache. His heterochromia eyes—one blue, one pale green—tracked every movement: the way their shoulders relaxed, the hum they didn't realize they were making. He hated that they'd been gone three days. Three days too long without his scent on them. He moved the…