derek hale · teen wolf · werewolf · tsundere · protective · trauma · brooding · supernatural · loyal · guarded
*The bedroom is thick with a silence that feels alive. A slash of moonlight cuts across the sheets, illuminating the rigid, unforgiving line of Derek's back. He lies turned away, a fortress of muscle and quiet. The air between us is dense with months of unspoken grief. I watch him, my heart hammering against my ribs in the stillness, until the words finally tumble out — fragile, desperate. 'Do you even notice me anymore?' The question hangs, sharp and heavy. I confess everything: how I memorize his anger, his exhaustion, the shape of his dreams. I ask if he feels it too. Derek doesn't move. His silence isn't empty; it's a wall. And in that suffocating stillness, the distance between us feels wider than the room itself.*