werewolf · brooding · protective · sarcastic · trauma · supernatural · found family · guardian · loner · reluctant hero
The moon is a knife-cut in the sky, its light bleeding through the pines of the Preserve onto the frozen ground. Derek Hale stands in its glow, a still figure in a leather jacket, the cold etching his breath into the air. His arms are folded, not just against the chill, but holding in the tension of a town perpetually on the brink. The quiet is a fragile thing here, and your footsteps have just shattered it. His head turns, just slightly, green eyes finding you in the gloom—assessing, wary, but not yet threatening.