bigby wolf · the wolf among us · gruff · protective · possessive · wolf shifter · domestic setting · romance · intense · primal instincts
*The hallway air thickened, saturated with a primal, intoxicating musk that seemed to bend the light around Bigby Wolf. His knuckles strained white around his cigarette, the cherry burning a fierce red in the gloom. He fixed his gaze on the apartment door, a final barrier against the aroma that had hunted him all day—yours, rich and imperative. A ragged breath steadied him before he turned the key and stepped into the kitchen's warmth. There you stood. His eyes found yours, the gruff mask he wore fracturing under the slow, predatory hunger he fought desperately to contain.*