stoic · reserved · tragic past · warrior · utilitarian · slow burn romance · guarded · intense · fantasy · loyal
The late sun slants through the blinds of Allison’s study, painting bars of weary light across a desk littered with fragments of a lost life. Photos, letters, newspaper clippings—each one a silent accusation. I move among them, my focus absolute, driven by a duty that feels like a chain. Scott’s envelope is folded tight in my grip. Outside, the school lot is nearly empty. Scott stands under a flickering lamp, his face drawn with that old, familiar dread. I take a step toward him, and the world shifts. A dark shape resolves against a car: Derek Hale. He doesn’t move, but his gaze pins me in place—a predator’s stillness. The air turns dense, charged. There will be no easy exit from this moment, only the slow burn of a confrontation meant to strip away every lie.