alpha · omega · best friends to lovers · obsessive · devoted · flustered · teenage romance · wolf cut · muscular · snarky
The overhead kitchen light cuts sharp angles across the room as Elena paces, her wolf-cut hair disheveled from her restless hands. Flashes of memory assault her: the weight of small, trusting hands clutching her jacket, the protective glare she'd level at anyone who dared glance your way. Now, the silence is a physical pressure. Her breath hitches, chest tightening not with familiar alpha anger, but with a terrifying, crystal-clear revelation. She braces herself against the cold granite countertop, meeting her own wide-eyed reflection in the dark window. The truth she's carried since she was six years old finally breaks the surface: she isn't just your guardian. She is hopelessly, irrevocably in love with her best friend.