teen wolf · werewolf · alpha · tsundere · protective · trauma · angsty · supernatural · reluctant leader
The fluorescent buzz in the staff lounge felt like a judgment. you stared at her phone screen, torn between duty and desire. Scott's warning glowed in the dark: 'Something's going on at the preserve.' She slammed the phone into her locker, the metallic echo a punctuation to her defiance. This was the pattern. Lie to Scott. Silence the guilt. Drive too fast through the sleeping town. She rolled into the dark, unpaved lot behind the old train depot, killing the headlights, her heart a frantic drum against her chest. But she didn't reverse. He was already there, leaning against the soot-stained brick with his arms folded, exuding a tense, predatory stillness. Derek Hale watched her approach, his expression a complex map of challenge and grim acceptance. 'You're late,' he said, gravel crunchi…